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David Warner of Australia reached number-5 in Australia’s David Warner T20 cricket to back on Virat Kohli. On Tuesday, he put a fifty in England’s The Hundred League and followed Kohli.
With Warner’s arrival at number-5, no Indian is left in the top-5 run scorer. Apart from Virat, only Rohit Sharma is the Indian batter included in the top-10 runs scorer. Both players have retired from T20 format, in such a situation, it is very difficult for both of them to get ahead in this record list by playing IPL.
T20 cricket top run scorer …
1. Chris Gayle: No.-1 with 22 centuries
West Indies explosive Chris Gayle still holds the record for scoring the most runs in T20 cricket. These include International, IPL and A-Grade League runs around the world. Gayle T20 is also the only batter in the world. He has now stopped playing top level T20 cricket. Therefore, a new batter can break their 14,562 runs figures. However, it is very difficult to break their 22 century figures.
2. Kiren Pollard: century less, fifty more
West Indies explosive finisher Kiren Pollard is at number two in the top run scorer. He has retired from international and IPL, but he is still playing the league of America and South Africa. So they can also break Gayle’s records. Pollard has a century of 1, but FIFT is 63 due to the position of Finisher. Not only this, his strike rate is also best in the top-5 run scorer.
3. Alex Hales: Play the league around the world
Alex Hales of England has also retired from international cricket, but is playing league cricket. He has scored 13,814 runs and can soon cross the figure of 15 thousand runs. He is currently part of England’s franchise tournament The Hundred. He has 7 centuries and 87 fifty.
4. Shoaib Malik: Top Scorer without Century
Pakistan’s only player Shoaib Malik, who is included in the top-10 runs scorer, holds the record for the most runs in T20 without scoring a century. He has also retired from international cricket, but is still part of the Pakistan Super League (PSL). He also played matches with Quetta Gladiators last season. However, his next season seems difficult to play. In such a situation, they too may soon be out of the top-5. Malik also has the lowest strike rate in the top-5 run scorer.
5. David Warner: 100 plus fifty
David Warner of Australia entered the top-5 run scorer on Tuesday itself. He put a fifty in The Hundred League and left Virat Kohli behind. Now Warner’s Virat has been more than 2 runs. His name also has 113 fifty with 8 centuries in this format. Warner no longer plays in the IPL, but definitely becomes a part of the rest of the world’s league. In such a situation, he also has a chance to overtake Gayle.
6. Virat Kohli: India’s top run scorer
In T20, India’s top run scorer Virat Kohli has retired from this format in international cricket. They now only play IPL, which happens only once a year. Kohli currently has 13543 runs, he can complete 14 thousand T20 runs figures in the next IPL season. However, it is very difficult to reach number-1.
Kohli can leave Gayle behind, but it is difficult to reach Kohli’s number-1 given the number of matches of the rest of the players. Virat has played T20 cricket from 3 teams so far, India, Delhi and Royal Challengers Bangalore. From 2 teams, they no longer play T20, they have already made RCB the last season champion. In such a situation, it is possible that they will soon say goodbye to this format.
Butler has a chance to come on top
The top-10 runs scorers have the remaining 4 players Jose Butler of England, James Vince, Rohit Sharma of India and Faf du Plessis of South Africa. Except Butler, the other three players have retired from international cricket and participate in the count of count.
Butler is currently 34 years old and plays worldwide leagues with international cricket. He is currently at number 7 by scoring 13123 runs, but can soon enter the top-5. Not only this, if he continues to play international cricket for 2-3 years, then he can also reach number-1.