The year 2021 is almost near to end as it’s already October. As compared to 2020, this year was better in all the senses. In Highest T20 runs in 2021 were better as more matches and tournaments were played. In 2020, most of them got postponed. In these 10 months, a lot of T20 matches were played and numerous played performed exceptionally well. We have listed 10 of such players who hit the maximum runs in the Highest T20 runs in 2021.
Top T20 Scorers Of 2021
10. R D Berrington – Berrington is a Scottish player and plays for Scotland in International cricket. In his T20I career, he has played 68 matches and has scored more than 1500 runs. In 2021, he scored 342 runs in T20 cricket. He is the vice-captain for the ICC World Cup 2021. We are hoping to see some big performances from him in the world cup too.
9. RR Hendricks – RR Hendricks is an opening batsman who plays for the South African international cricket team. He has scored 937 runs in 32 international T20 matches. In 2021, he hit 357 runs in T20 cricket. Hendricks started his international career in 2014. he played his first ODI match in 2018 and hit a century on the first match.
8. E Lewis – Lewis is also an opening batsman and he played for West Indies. He is one of the top-performing batsmen from the West Indies. He has scored 384 runs this year in T20 matches with two centuries and 9 fifties. His highest T20 score is 125 not out. In a T20 match against India, he hit a century in 48 balls which is one of the highest. He hit 5 sixes in 5 consecutive balls. So far, he has played 45 T20I matches in which he hit 1318 runs.
7. A K Markram – A K Markram is a South African player and used to be the captain of the South African under-19 team. The South African Under-19 team won the 2014 ICC U-19 World Cup under his captaincy. This year, he hit 408 runs in T20 cricket. His T20 career started in 2019. Markram has been struggling in the past couple of years. We haven’t seen many big performances from him and he has gotten injured too. He has got potential and hopefully, he will be back in form soon.
6. P R Sterling – Sterling is a batsman and occasional bowler from Ireland. He is one of the top-scoring players in T20 international. He is an opening batsman and vice-captain of the Ireland team. He has played 90 matches in his T20I career and has more than 2500 runs. His best bowling figure in T20 is 3 wickets for 21 runs. In 2021, he hit 408 runs in T20. He has scored 12 centuries in ODI cricket which is the highest by an Ireland player.
5. Mohammad Naim – Mohammad Naim is a young batsman from Bangladesh. He started his international career in 2019. He has played 22 T20I matches so far and has scored 570 runs. Out of the 570, he hit 415 in 2021. He was part of Bangladesh’s international squad in the 2019 South Asian Games where Bangladesh won the finals against Sri Lanka.
4. M R Marsh – Mitchell Marsh is an Australian all-rounder who has played in all three formats of the game. He is one of the top-performing players of Australia. He is great at both bowling and batting. He has taken 2 five-wicket hauls in his career. He scored 442 runs in 2021 in T20. his best batting score is in a test match against England in which he scored 181 runs.
3. Q De Kock – Quinton de Kock is a South African cricketer and former captain of the team. He has played 57 matches in his T20 career where he scores 1758 runs. In a T20 series against Australia in 2014, he was named Player of the Series for his exceptional performance. He hit 455 runs this year in T20. Kock is one of the highest T20-scoring batsmen of 2021. He has scored 1000 runs and is the fastest South African batsman to reach the score. He has also played for Mumbai Indians in the Indian Premier League.
2. Babar Azam – Babar Azam is a right-handed batsman and captain of the Pakistani cricket team. He is a top-order batsman and is considered one of the top batsmen in the world. He is the number one batsman in ODI cricket as per ICC rankings. He surpassed Virat Kohli in April 2021 to become the number 1 ODI batsman He has scored more than 2200 runs in his 61 T20I matches. He scored 523 runs in T20 this year. He is one of the highest-scoring individuals in T20.
1. Mohammad Rizwan – Rizwan tops the list of highest scoring international batsmen in Highest T20 runs in 2021. He is a Pakistani player and the vice-captain of the Pakistani cricket team. He hit 752 runs in T20 this year.
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