Ishan Kishan Breaks Suryakumar Yadav's Record For Most T20I Runs By An Indian In A Calendar Year

India wicketkeeper-batter Ishan Kishan completed 2,000 runs in T20I cricket during the fifth match against New Zealand at Seddon Park on Sunday. Kishan, who had a quiet series so far and missed a couple of games due to injury, scored an impressive 61 off 32 balls to reach the milestone. He also became the third-fastest Indian to complete 2,000 runs in the shortest international format in terms of balls faced. The left-handed batter reached the mark in 1,345 balls. Abhishek Sharma holds the Indian record, having got there in 1,024 balls, while Suryakumar Yadav is second, having taken 1,164 deliveries to complete 2,000 runs.

Kishan's 1,220 runs have taken him past Suryakumar Yadav for the most T20I runs by an Indian in a calendar year. Yadav had scored 1,164 runs in 2022. Overall, Kishan is second on the all-time list behind Pakistan's Mohammad Rizwan, who scored 1,326 runs in 2021.

Coming into the fifth match, Kishan had scores of 1 and 0 in the first and fourth T20Is he played and missed the middle two matches due to a low-grade right adductor strain. He needed 45 runs to reach the 2,000-run milestone and achieved it with a strong performance in the final game of the series.

He got there when he smashed Mitchell Santner for a boundary through midwicket before following it up with a six to bring up his 14th T20I half-century. Kishan is the third-fastest Indian to complete 2,000 T20I runs, behind modern-day star Abhishek Sharma and former India T20I captain Suryakumar Yadav.

Kishan's innings eventually came to an end on 61 off 32 balls when he was dismissed by Blair Tickner. He was caught at deep midwicket by Nathan Smith, but enjoyed an impactful stay at the crease, smashing five sixes and five fours.

Earlier, India were asked to bat first after New Zealand won the toss for the first time in the series. Bhuvneshwar Kumar and Varun Chakaravarthy returned to the Indian XI as Mayank Yadav and Axar Patel made way. For New Zealand, Tickner replaced Matthew Fisher.

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