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Most Runs in T20 World Cup History: Virat Kohli, Rohit Sharma Finish T20I Career as Leading Run-Scorers in Tournament's History

By MyKhel Staff

Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma called time on their T20I careers after their T20 World Cup 2024 triumph in Barbados on June 29 (Saturday). The duo coincidentally began the tournament as leading run-scorers in the tournament's history and finished on the same note.

Virat Kohli especially played a match-winning knock of 76 runs off 57 balls while Rohit Sharma played his role throughout the tournament despite failure with the bat in the final. Let's take a look at the Most Runs list below:

Most Runs in T20 World Cup History Virat Kohli Rohit Sharma

Most runs in T20 World Cup History: Top 10 highest Run-Scorers

Batter Runs Highest score Innings 50s 100s Fours Sixes
1. Virat Kohli (IND) 1292 89* 33 15 0 111 35
2. Rohit Sharma (IND) 1220 92 43 12 0 113 50
3. Mahela Jayawardene (SL) 1016 100 31 6 1 11 25
4. Jos Buttler (ENG) 1013 101* 34 5 1 91 43
5. David Warner (AUS) 984 89* 41 8 0 103 40
6. Chris Gayle (WI) 965 117 31 7 2 78 63
7. Tilakratne Dilshan (SL) 897 96* 34 6 0 101 20
8. Shakib Al Hasan (BAN) 853 84 42 4 0 74

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9. Kane Williamson (NZ) 727 85 27 3 0 71 14
10. AB de Villiers (SA) 717 79* 29 5 0 51 30

Teamwise Top Run-scorers

Top 5 run-scorers for India

  • Virat Kohli - 1292 runs
  • Rohit Sharma - 1220 runs
  • Yuvraj Singh - 593 runs
  • MS Dhoni - 529 runs
  • Gautam Gambhir - 524 runs

Top 5 run-scorers for Australia

  • David Warner - 984 runs
  • Glenn Maxwell - 578 runs
  • Shane Watson - 537 runs
  • Aaron Finch - 458 runs
  • Mitchell Marsh - 446 runs

Top 5 run-scorers for England

  • Jos Buttler - 990 runs
  • Kevin Pietersen - 580 runs
  • Alex Hales - 568 runs
  • Eoin Morgan - 552 runs
  • Luke Wright - 439 runs

Top 5 run-scorers for Pakistan

  • Shoaib Malik - 646 runs
  • Mohammad Rizwan - 566 runs
  • Babar Azam - 549 runs
  • Shahid Afridi - 546 runs
  • Kamran Akmal - 524 runs

Top 5 run-scorers for Sri Lanka

  • Mahela Jayawardene - 1016 runs
  • Tilakaratne Dilshan - 897 runs
  • Kumara Sangakkara - 661 runs
  • Angelo Mathews - 521 runs
  • Pathum Nissanka - 485 runs

Top 5 run-scorers for New Zealand

  • Kane Williamson - 727 runs
  • Brandon McCullum - 637 runs
  • Martin Guptill - 617 runs
  • Ross Taylor - 562 runs
  • Glenn Phillips - 364 runs

Top 5 run-scorers for South Africa

  • AB de Villiers - 717 runs
  • Quinton de Kock - 653 runs
  • JP Duminy - 568 runs
  • Jacques Kallis - 433 runs
  • David Miller - 423 runs

Top 5 run-scorers for Bangladesh

  • Shakib Al Hasan - 853 runs
  • Tamim Iqbal - 514 runs
  • Mahmudullah - 458 runs
  • Mushfiqur Rahim - 402 runs
  • Litton Das - 399 runs

Top 5 run-scorers for West Indies

  • Chris Gayle - 965 runs
  • Dwayne Bravo - 530 runs
  • Marlon Samuels - 530 runs
  • Johnson Charles - 456 runs
  • Nicholas Pooran - 356 runs

Top 5 run-scorers for Afghanistan

  • Rahmanullah Gurbaz - 434 runs
  • Mohammad Shahzad - 402 runs
  • Mohammad Nabi - 347 runs
  • Najibullah Zadran - 338 runs
  • Gulbadin Naib - 328 runs
Story first published: Sunday, June 30, 2024, 2:30 [IST]
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