Currently, the highest run scorer in T20 World Cup 2026 is Sahibzada Farhan, who has scored 220 runs in 4 matches. His eyes are on Virat Kohli’s world record, which was made by the Indian batsman in 2014. Pakistan has reached the Super-8 of the ongoing edition, which means their 3 matches are confirmed.

Sahibzada Farhan played an important inning of 47 runs against Netherlands. He scored a brilliant 73 runs against the USA team, however, his bat remained silent against Team India. Hardik Pandya had dismissed him for zero in the very first over, but after that he scored a historic century against Namibia. He became the second batsman to score a century for Pakistan in the T20 World Cup, this was his first century in this format.

This many runs are needed to break Kohli’s world record

The world record for scoring most runs in a single edition of T20 World Cup is currently in the name of Virat Kohli, which he made in the year 2014. That season Kohli had scored 319 runs in 6 matches. This included 4 half-century innings. Since then no one has been able to break this record of his. But Farhan is close to it.

Sahibzada Farhan has scored 320 runs in 4 matches in T20 World Cup 2026. Farhan now has at least 3 innings in the World Cup, in which he has to score a total of 100 runs to break Kohli’s record. If his team reaches the semi-finals or finals, his chances will increase even more.

Pakistan’s schedule in T20 World Cup 2026

Pakistan’s first match in Super-8 is against New Zealand on 21 February. After this the team will face England on 24th February. Pakistan’s last match in the second round will be with Sri Lanka on 28 February. After the Super-8 matches, the top-2 teams of the group will qualify for the semi-finals and other teams will be eliminated.

Sahibzada Farhan Chance To Break Virat Kohli World Record: Pakistan’s opening batsman Sahibzada Farhan has performed well so far in the ICC T20 World Cup 2026. Recently, in an important match against Namibia in Colombo, Sahibzada played a brilliant inning of 100 unbeaten runs, in which he faced 58 balls and hit 11 fours and 4 sixes. Due to this strong innings of Sahibzada Farhan, Pakistan team was successful in securing its place in Super 8. Now Pakistan has to play 3 more matches in Super 8. During this time, Sahibzada Farhan will have a chance to break a world record of Virat Kohli.

Second Pakistani to score T20 World Cup century

Pakistan’s opener Sahibzada Farhan has so far scored a total of 220 runs in four matches of T20 World Cup 2026, in which he has scored one century and one half-century. Sahibzada Farhan has become the second Pakistani batsman to score a century in the T20 World Cup. Before him, Ahmed Shehzad had scored against Bangladesh in the 2014 T20 World Cup. Farhan is also the highest run-scorer batsman in this T20 World Cup. Apart from him, no other batsman has been able to touch the figure of 200 runs. With this, Sahibzada Farhan is very close to breaking the record of scoring the most runs in a single edition of the T20 World Cup.

Virat Kohli’s world record in danger

Currently, India’s veteran player Virat Kohli is the highest run-scorer batsman in an edition of T20 World Cup. Virat had scored the highest score of 319 runs in the 2014 T20 World Cup. Farhan is now ready to leave Kohli behind in this list. Sahibzada Farhan needs 100 runs to break this record. If Farhan continues his good performance in Super 8, he can not only leave Virat behind but can also become the first batsman to score 320+ runs in a single edition.

Sahibzada Farhan will face these teams in Super-8

Pakistan team has reached the Super 8 of T20 World Cup 2026, where Sahibzada Farhan will get a chance to play a total of three matches against Sri Lanka, New Zealand and England. In such a situation, if Sahibzada Farhan plays even 2 big innings, he can leave Virat Kohli behind. Talking about the batsmen who scored 300+ runs in an edition of T20 World Cup, apart from Virat, the names of Tillakaratne Dilshan, Babar Azam and Mahela Jayawardene are also included in this list.