Indian batsmen have often performed exceedingly well across all three formats of the game. When it comes to T20Is, the team has got batters who are capable of scoring runs at a rate of knots. It is absolutely imperative for the batsmen to play according to the situation in T20Is to get desirable results.
Earlier, the likes of Yuvraj Singh, Suresh Raina, MS Dhoni and Gautam Gambhir made waves in the T20I format. After their retirement, the existing players namely Virat Kohli, Rohit Sharma, KL Rahul, Suryakumar Yadav and Shikhar Dhawan have ensured to dictate the terms with their aggressive strokeplay.
In this article, we will now go through the names of four batsmen who scored the most runs for India in Twenty20 Internationals.
1. Virat Kohli
Virat Kohli is the best batsman in the world across formats in the current era. His immaculate consistency is what sets him apart from most other batsmen of this era. India’s run machine is the leading run-scorer in the history of Twenty20 Internationals with 4008 runs in 115 matches at an average of 52.73 including 1 century and 37 half-centuries.
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2. Rohit Sharma
Rohit Sharma is undoubtedly the best opening batsman across formats of the game. Notably, he is the second-leading run-scorer in T20Is with 3583 runs at an average of 31.32. Overall, he has smacked four centuries and 29 half-centuries. He is also the only batsman to score 4 centuries in T20Is.
3. KL Rahul
India’s star batsman KL Rahul is one of the best T20 batsmen from India. The right-handed batsman has played 72 games for India wherein he scored 2265 runs at an average of 37.8 including 2 centuries and 22 half-centuries.
4. Suryakumar Yadav
Suryakumar Yadav has well and truly been the best T20 batter ever since he made his T20I debut for Team India. The right-handed batsman has bagged the most Man of the Match awards more than any other player ever since he made his T20I debut. The star cricketer scored 1841 runs in 53 games at an average of 46 including 3 centuries and 15 half-centuries.
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