Kishan broke Virat Kohli’s big record, created history on Zimbabwean soil – News Himachali News Himachali

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IND vs ZIM 2nd T20I: Team India’s star wicketkeeper batsman Ishan Kishan has created history on 25 July 2026. In the second T20 match against Zimbabwe, world number-1 T20 batsman Ishaan was in great form.

At Harare Sports Club, Ishan completed his half-century in just 31 balls and played a brilliant inning of 81 runs in 44 balls.

Ishan Kishan hit 9 fours and 2 skyscraper sixes. On the basis of this innings, Ishan Kishan has destroyed a huge record of former Indian captain Virat Kohli.

After playing an inning of 81 runs against Zimbabwe, Ishan Kishan has become the highest run-scorer for India in T20 International in the year 2026. He has left behind Virat Kohli in scoring most T20 runs in a calendar year, who had scored 781 runs in 2022.

In this list, the name of Mohammad Rizwan of Pakistan is at number-1, who set a world record by scoring 1326 runs in 2021.

Most T20I runs in a calendar year (Full-Members)

  1. Mohammad Rizwan (Pakistan): 1326 runs (2021)
  2. Suryakumar Yadav (India): 1164 runs (2022)
  3. Mohammad Rizwan (Pakistan): 996 runs (2022)
  4. Babar Azam (Pakistan): 939 runs (2021)
  5. Brian Bennett (Zimbabwe): 936 runs (2025)
  6. Abhishek Sharma (India): 859 runs (2025)
  7. Ishan Kishan (India): 783* runs (2026)
  8. Virat Kohli (India): 781 runs (2022)

Third highest score as a wicketkeeper on foreign soil

With his innings of 81 runs, Ishan Kishan has also made the record of making the third highest T20I score as an Indian wicketkeeper-batsman on foreign soil.

  1. Sanju Samson: 109* runs (vs South Africa, Johannesburg 2024)
  2. Sanju Samson: 107 runs (vs South Africa, Durban 2024)
  3. Ishan Kishan: 81 runs (vs Zimbabwe, Harare 2026)
  4. Ishan Kishan: 77 runs (vs Sri Lanka, Colombo 2026)
  5. Rishabh Pant: 65* runs (vs West Indies, Providence 2019)

World number-1 batsman in excellent form

Ishan Kishan’s bat has been on fire for the last few matches. He has fully proved his number-1 ranking credentials by scoring 56 (vs England), 35 (vs Zimbabwe) and 81 (vs Zimbabwe) in his last 3 international T20 innings.

When Ishan is in his element, no corner of the field remains safe from him. This inning played against Zimbabwe at a strike rate of 184 has proved that he is one of the most dangerous and consistent batsmen in the T20 format at present.

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