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In the T20 World Cup 2026, Pakistan cricket team’s opening batsman Sahibzada Farhan made a big record during the match against Sri Lanka cricket team. In fact, he became the batsman with the highest runs in a World Cup edition. He achieved this milestone after scoring his 37th run in the match against Sri Lanka. He broke the previous record of Indian cricket team legend Virat Kohli. Let’s take a look at Farhan’s statistics.
Farhan broke Kohli’s record
Farhan has scored more than 320 runs in 6 innings so far in the T20 World Cup 2026, which also includes a century. Kohli played 6 matches in the 2014 edition and scored 319 runs at an average of 106.33. Notably, India finished as runners-up in the final of that edition, losing to Sri Lanka. Furthermore, Kohli is also the only player to score 250+ runs in multiple T20 World Cup editions.
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These batsmen also scored 300+ runs in one edition
Sri Lanka’s Tillakaratne Dilshan, Pakistan’s Babar Azam, and Sri Lanka’s Mahela Jayawardene have also crossed the 300-run mark in an edition. Dilshan (2009) scored 317 runs in 7 matches with the help of 3 half-centuries and a strike rate of 144.74. Babar had scored 303 runs in his name in 2021 at an average of 60.60. Jayawardene scored 302 runs in 6 matches in 2010 at a strike rate of 159.78.

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