India’s long-time problem of the No.4 batter has come to a halt since the day Surya debuted in national colors, know the list of the players with the most runs in T20 in a calendar year
In T20 World Cup 2022 Suryakumar Yadav Creates history by becoming the first Indian to score 1000 T20I runs in a calendar year.
Surya started his career with a bang against England and since then, the guy hasn’t looked back. His first delivery in international cricket is still fresh in everyone’s memory when he pulled Jofra Archer for a six.
List Of Most Runs In T20 International Cricket In A Calendar Year
Only in his second year in International cricket, he established himself as one of the best T20 batters in the world. He has an average of 42.3 with a jaw-dropping strike rate of 179.6.
Suryakumar Yadav Creates history by becoming the first Indian to score 1000 T20I runs in a calendar year
2022 has been the year of Suryakumar Yadav. He has ticked all of the boxes in his batting attribute. The range of Shots Suryakumar Yadav has left everyone in the world baffled.
In the last Super 12 game of the World T20 against Zimbabwe, he played a masterclass inning of 61* on just 25 deliveries. This innings of Surya helped him become the first Indian to score 1000 T20I runs in a calendar year.
He is also the 2nd to reach that landmark in the world. Only Pakistan’s Rizwan has scored 1000 runs in a calendar year before. Rizwan scored 1326 T20I runs in 2021 and became the first batter to reach that landmark.
| Player | Year | Mat | Inns | NO | Runs | HS | Ave | BF | SR | 100 | 50 | 0 | 4s | 6s |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mohammad Rizwan (PAK) | 2021 | 29 | 26 | 8 | 1326 | 104* | 73.66 | 983 | 134.89 | 1 | 12 | 2 | 119 | 42 |
| SA Yadav (INDIA) | 2022 | 28 | 28 | 5 | 1026 | 117 | 44.60 | 550 | 186.54 | 1 | 9 | 2 | 93 | 59 |
| Babar Azam (PAK) | 2021 | 29 | 26 | 1 | 939 | 122 | 37.56 | 736 | 127.58 | 1 | 9 | 2 | 99 | 17 |
| Mohammad Rizwan (PAK) | 2022 | 23 | 23 | 3 | 924 | 88* | 46.20 | 753 | 122.70 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 73 | 21 |
| PR Stirling (IRE) | 2019 | 20 | 20 | 2 | 748 | 91 | 41.55 | 532 | 140.60 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 90 | 20 |
| Sikandar Raza (ZIM) | 2022 | 24 | 23 | 2 | 735 | 87 | 35.00 | 487 | 150.92 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 52 | 38 |
| V Kohli (INDIA) | 2022 | 19 | 19 | 6 | 731 | 122* | 56.23 | 525 | 139.23 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 62 | 25 |
| KJ O’Brien (IRE) | 2019 | 23 | 23 | 0 | 729 | 124 | 31.69 | 469 | 155.43 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 67 | 36 |
| P Nissanka (SL) | 2022 | 24 | 24 | 1 | 713 | 75 | 31.00 | 631 | 112.99 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 62 | 17 |
| MP O’Dowd (NED) | 2019 | 24 | 24 | 0 | 702 | 69 | 29.25 | 581 | 120.82 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 69 | 16 |
| S Dhawan (INDIA) | 2018 | 18 | 17 | 0 | 689 | 92 | 40.52 | 468 | 147.22 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 70 | 25 |
| MJ Guptill (NZ) | 2021 | 18 | 18 | 0 | 678 | 97 | 37.66 | 466 | 145.49 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 53 | 41 |
| Babar Azam (PAK) | 2022 | 24 | 24 | 3 | 650 | 110* | 30.95 | 526 | 123.57 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 74 | 10 |
| GD Phillips (NZ) | 2022 | 18 | 16 | 3 | 644 | 104 | 49.53 | 411 | 156.69 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 44 | 29 |
| V Kohli (INDIA) | 2016 | 15 | 13 | 7 | 641 | 90* | 106.83 | 457 | 140.26 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 70 | 9 |
MOST T20I RUNS IN 2022
Suryakumar Yadav – 1026 runs in 28 matches
Mohammad Rizwan – 921 runs in 23 matches
Virat Kohli – 731 runs in 19 matches
Pathum Nissanka – 713 in 24 matches
Stats of Suryakumar Yadav in 2022
Suryakumar Yadav has shown the world that scoring consistently and playing with a high strike rate at the same time is not a big thing for him. He has tonked the bowlers at a strike rate of 186.54 in 2022.
Innings – 28
Runs – 1026*
Average – 44.60
Strike rate – 186.54
50s – 9
100 – 1
Suryakumar Yadav in T20 World Cup 2022
It has been a phenomenal World Cup for the 32-year-old so far. He has already smashed 3 fifties in this tournament and knockout stages are yet to begin. Surya has scored 225 runs in just 5 innings he played at this World Cup.
India will be expecting Surya to go big once again in the crunch Semi-final game against England on Thursday at the Adelaide.