Currently, the highest run scorer in T20 World Cup 2026 is Sahibzada Farhan, who has scored 220 runs in 4 matches. His eyes are on Virat Kohli’s world record, which was made by the Indian batsman in 2014. Pakistan has reached the Super-8 of the ongoing edition, which means their 3 matches are confirmed.
Sahibzada Farhan played an important inning of 47 runs against Netherlands. He scored a brilliant 73 runs against the USA team, however, his bat remained silent against Team India. Hardik Pandya had dismissed him for zero in the very first over, but after that he scored a historic century against Namibia. He became the second batsman to score a century for Pakistan in the T20 World Cup, this was his first century in this format.
This many runs are needed to break Kohli’s world record
The world record for scoring most runs in a single edition of T20 World Cup is currently in the name of Virat Kohli, which he made in the year 2014. That season Kohli had scored 319 runs in 6 matches. This included 4 half-century innings. Since then no one has been able to break this record of his. But Farhan is close to it.
Sahibzada Farhan has scored 320 runs in 4 matches in T20 World Cup 2026. Farhan now has at least 3 innings in the World Cup, in which he has to score a total of 100 runs to break Kohli’s record. If his team reaches the semi-finals or finals, his chances will increase even more.
Pakistan’s schedule in T20 World Cup 2026
Pakistan’s first match in Super-8 is against New Zealand on 21 February. After this the team will face England on 24th February. Pakistan’s last match in the second round will be with Sri Lanka on 28 February. After the Super-8 matches, the top-2 teams of the group will qualify for the semi-finals and other teams will be eliminated.
