Most runs scored by a player in a Men’s T20 World Cup tournament

Sahibzada Farhan (Pakistan) plundered 383 runs from six visits to the batting crease at the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup in 2026. Between 7 and 28 February, he produced scores of 47 (vs. Netherlands), 73 (vs. USA), 0 (vs. India), 100 not out (vs. Namibia), 63 (vs. England) and 100 (vs. Sri Lanka) to surpass Virat Kohli’s tournament record of 319 runs – also from six innings – for India at the 2014 T20 World Cup.

Farhan’s batting stats could have been boosted further had Pakistan’s Super 8 clash with New Zealand on 21 February 2026 not fallen victim to the weather. Pakistan were knocked out of the 2026 tournament on net run-rate, despite beating hosts Sri Lanka by five runs in their final Super 8 group match at Pallekele International Cricket Stadium in Kandy. Farhan’s 60-ball 100 – his second ton of the tournament – saw him exit the 2026 T20 World Cup with an average of 76.60 runs per innings. His first-wicket partnership of 176 with Fakhar Zaman (84) in Pallekele was the highest partnership for any wicket at the men’s T20 World Cup – one run more than the 175 put on by New Zealand openers Tim Seifert (89 not out) and Finn Allen (84 not out) in their 10-wicket win against the UAE in Chennai, India, on 10 February 2026, earlier in the tournament. Farhan also became the first man to make two hundreds in a single edition of the T20 World Cup. Chris Gayle scored two for the West Indies in different tournaments, in 2007 and 2016.