Most runs in T20 World Cup 2026: Sanju Samson breaks into India top 3 in four innings | Cricket News

2 min readMar 6, 2026 12:41 PM T20 World Cup 2026 Most Runs: India wicket-keeper Sanju Samson has created waves with two back-to-back match-winning performances in the T20 World Cup. Backing up his unbeaten 97 in the Super 8 match against the West Indies in Kolkata, Samson revelled with a scintillating 42-ball 89 against England at the Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai on Thursday.
Samson’s knock laced with a bevy of boundaries also propelled him to 16 sixes in the tournament despite playing only four innings in the tournament. The 31-year-old there broke Rohit Sharma’s record for the most sixes in a T20 World Cup edition an Indian batter as the Men in Blue pipped England seven runs to reach their fourth final.
Samson also recorded the joint-highest score an Indian batter in T20 World Cup knockouts, equalling Virat Kohli’s unbeaten 89 in the 2016 T20 World Cup semi-final at the same venue against the West Indies.  In only four innings, Samson became only the fourth Indian opener to record 200-plus runs in the T20 World Cup, joining Rohit, Gautam Gambhir and KL Rahul.

Most Runs at T20 World Cup 2026
Pakan’s Sahibzada Farhan finds himself on top of the run-scorers charts, having racked up two centuries and as many fifties. Powering New Zealand to the final with a marauding century off only 33 deliveries, opener Finn Allen moved up to No. 3 ahead of the summit clash. Among Indians, Ishan Kishan leads the charts, scoring 263 runs in eight innings, followed Suryakumar Yadav at No. 9, with 242 runs at a 34.57 average.

Player
Inns
Runs
HS
Ave
SR
100
50
4s
6s

Sahibzada Farhan (PAK)
6
383
100*
76.6
160.25
2
2
37
18

Brian Bennett (ZIM)
6
292
97*
146
134.56
0
3
32
7

Finn Allen (NZ)
7
289
100*
57.8
203.52
1
1
24
20

Aiden Markram (SA)
8
286
86*
47.66
165.31
0
3
32
11

Jacob Bethell (ENG)
8
280
105
35
152.17
1
1
25
14

Tim Seifert (NZ)
7
274
89*
45.66
161.17
0
3
32
11

Ishan Kishan (IND)
8
263
77
32.87
189.2
0
2
29
14

Shimron Hetmyer (WI)
7
248
85
41.33
186.46
0
2
16
19

Suryakumar Yadav (IND)
8
242
84*
34.57
137.5
0
1
21
10

Harry Brook (ENG)
8
235
100
29.37
159.86
1
1
21
9

Sanju Samson (IND)
4
232
97*
77.33
201.73
0
2
22
16