Most runs for India in T20 tournaments

Scoring most runs in big tournaments like World Cup or Asia Cup is something that needs both patience and the ability to score runs. In the process, the players create their personal best records while performing for the team's success. In this article, we are gonna take a look at the players with the most runs for India in T20 tournaments.

Starting from the T20 World Cup 2007, which India won under the leadership of MS Dhoni, Gautam Gambhir was the highest run-getter of the tournament. Gambhir has aggregated 227 runs including a 75-run knock against Pakistan in the final match. In the next T20 World Cup it was India's one of the finest all-rounders Yuvraj Singh, who amassed 153 runs that season. Thus he scored the most runs for India in that edition.

In the very next T20 World Cup, Suresh Raina hammered his first T20I fifty while becoming the first Indian to do so. He was the highest run-getter for India in that edition with 219 runs. However, in the next two T20 World Cups, it was Virat Kohli who amassed 185 and 319 runs, which includes his ODI career-best 183 runs against Pakistan.

Most runs for India in T20 tournaments: Virat Kohli has appeared a record 5 times

Former India captain Virat Kohli has appeared a record 5 times on this list. So, in next T20 tournament is the Asia Cup 2016 which was held in the T20I format. Kohli was the top run-getter for India as he recorded 153 runs in the tournament.

In the same year (2016), Kohli again topped the World Cup charts with the most runs for India(273 runs) in the edition.

Then after five years in the T20 World Cup 2021, which was held in UAE, it was KL Rahul, who scored the most runs for India in that edition. He aggregated 194 runs in that edition. In the latest edition of the Asia Cup, Kohli again regains his form to add 276 runs in 5 innings of the 2022 edition. Now let's take a better look below.

N.B: Last Updated on 12/09/2022.