Three Players With Most Runs In T20 World Cup For India
Published - 03 Jul 2021, 05:03 PM | Updated - 23 Aug 2024, 12:48 AM
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It has been 14 years since India won the maiden T20 World Cup and now, the Virat Kohli-led side will be looking to lift its second ICC T20 World Cup in this year’s event in October. The selectors will have a lot of choices to choose from for the T20 Worldcup and it is not going to be easy too.
India has faltered off in the knockout stages of the ICC tournament in the last decade or so and it has been a major drawback when coming to winning big ICC tournaments. It also adds up to Virat Kohli’s title chase as a captain of Indian in all formats as well as the captain of the Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) franchise. Here are three players with the most runs in T20 World Cup for India.
Three Players With Most Runs In T20 World Cup For India:
Yuvraj Singh:
Yuvraj Singh is one of the best limited-overs batsmen, India has ever had and his impact was huge for India in the T20 World Cup triumph in 2007. Yuvraj holds the record for the fastest fifty in T20 Worldcup as he brought up his half-century in just 12 balls against England in the 2007 T20 World Cup.
He is also the first cricketer to hit six sixes in an over in T20 internationals which he did in the same game against England in the bowling of Stuart Broad. Yuvraj’s overall numbers in T20I for India have been so good and he has scored 593 runs in 28 innings in T20 World Cup for India which is the third most.
Yuvraj has played in every T20 Worldcup for India since the inaugural edition and this will be the first T20 World Cup he will have to miss out on as he has retired.
Rohit Sharma:
Rohit Sharma has also played a vital role for India in the 2007 T20 Worldcup triumph and he showed a lot of composure in the middle order as a youngster. He went on to play in all the next editions of the T20 World Cup for India and he is a world-class batsman at the moment.
Rohit has scored 673 runs in 25 innings in the T20 World Cup for India which is the second most and he has been a sensation after moving up to the opening position in batting. Rohit holds the record for the most number of T20 international centuries with four to his name and that is the impact he provides in the batting order.
Virat Kohli:
The Indian skipper Virat Kohli was picked up in the Indian T20 World Cup squad from the 2012 edition and ever since that, he has been amazing for the nation. Kohli averages more than 50 in the format and he is a match-winner in limited-overs cricket.
Kohli has the most runs among Indian batsmen in T20 World Cups with 777 runs in 16 innings which speaks volumes of his consistency. He is one of the best in the business when it comes to chasing down scores and his form will be crucial to India’s plans in the T20 World Cup.
