On August 27, the action-packed ACC T20 Asia Cup will get underway in the United Arab Emirates (UAE). Each team and player will be striving to perform at the top of their game.
Geo.tv looks at the top 10 hitters who have scored the most runs in the T20 event as the countdown to the international championship starts:
Players | Matches | Runs | Highest score | Average | Strike rate | 100s | 50s |
Babar Hayat (Hong Kong) | 3 | 194 | 122 | 64.66 | 160.33 | 1 | 1 |
Sabbir Rahman (Bangladesh) | 5 | 176 | 80 | 44.00 | 123.94 | 0 | 1 |
Muhammad Usman (UAE) | 7 | 176 | 46 | 29.33 | 118.12 | 0 | 0 |
Virat Kohli (India) | 5 | 153 | 56* | 76.50 | 110.86 | 0 | 1 |
Shaiman Anwar (UAE) | 7 | 151 | 46 | 25.16 | 104.86 | 0 | 0 |
LD Chandimal (Sri Lanka) | 4 | 149 | 58 | 37.25 | 109.55 | 0 | 2 |
RG Sharma (India) | 5 | 138 | 83 | 27.60 | 132.69 | 0 | 1 |
TM Dilshan (Sri Lanka) | 4 | 132 | 75* | 44.00 | 121.10 | 0 | 1 |
Mohammad Shahzad (UAE) | 7 | 129 | 52 | 21.50 | 120.56 | 0 | 1 |
Rohan Mustafa (UAE) | 7 | 122 | 77 | 17.42 | 114.01 | 0 | 1 |
Interestingly, no Pakistani batter is among the top 10 run-scorers of the tournament.
Former Pakistan skipper Sarfaraz Ahmed ranks 11th on the list. He has scored a total of 121 runs in the four matches that he has played. The ex-captain’s highest score is 58 (not out), while he has a strike rate of 130.10.