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Setting a new benchmark! 4 players who have broken the 1000-run barrier in T20 World Cups

mensxp.com 2024/10/5
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T20 World Cup

There have been nine editions since the T20 World Cup began in 2007. Six teams have won it with West Indies, England and India doing it twice.

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1000 runs

Scoring 1000 runs in the T20 World Cup is a big deal. In fact, only four batters have been able to do it till now.

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Rohit Sharma with T20 World Cup 2024 trophy
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Domination

Two of them are Indian legends while a third is from Sri Lanka. In fact three out of the top four T20 World Cup run-getters are the from the subcontinent.

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These four players are in a class by themselves and stand apart.

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Jos Buttler

4) Jos Buttler

Buttler is the latest entry into the club and he has 1013 runs to his credit.

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Mahela Jayawardene

3) Mahela Jayawardene

Jayawardene was the first to score 1000 T20 World Cup runs and he occupies third spot with 1016 runs against his name.

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Rohit Sharma

2) Rohit Sharma

Rohit has several T20I records but in this case despite having made 1220 runs, he has to be content with second place.

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Virat Kohli

1) Virat Kohli

Kohli tops the charts with 1292 runs and is the undisputed number one.

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