Suryakumar Yadav surpasses Shikhar Dhawan to score most T20I runs for India in a calendar year

Indian cricket team won the first T20I by 8 wickets against South Africa on Wednesday, 28th September. The game against South Africa went well for India as there were so many positives to take from this game especially the young bowlers and Suryakumar Yadav’s batting form. Suryakumar Yadav is been brilliant this year with bat.

Despite having injury and missing some of the game for India, he scored the most runs for India in T20Is in 2022. Not only this, Suryakumar Yadav surpassed Shikhar Dhawan in scoring most runs in T20Is for India in a calendar year. Suryakumar Yadav now has 732 runs in T20Is in 2022. Indian opening batter Shikhar Dhawan had this record with him earlier with 689 runs in the year 2018.

Former Indian cricket team captain Virat Kohli is also in this list of scoring most runs in T20Is for India in a calender year. Virat scored 641 T20I runs in the year 2016 which was his peak year as he scored four IPL centuries in a single season.

Most runs for India in T20Is in a calender year:

732* – Suryakumar Yadav in 2022

689 – Shikhar Dhawan in 2018

641 – Virat Kohli in 2016.

This number can still be increased of Suryakumar Yadav as this year has not ended and there are some more T20I games to come.