Christchurch. Ishan Kishan has a chance to make many big records in his name by making a splash with the bat in the five-match T20I series against New Zealand. The Indian wicketkeeper-batsman is just 46 runs away from completing 2000 runs in T20 International. Apart from this, he can also break the records of Suryakumar Yadav and Mohammad Rizwan of Pakistan.
The five-match T20I series between India and New Zealand will start from Thursday (October 22). The first match will be played in Christchurch. Ishaan has been in great form this year and has left his mark while batting at number 3.
1-Just 7 runs away from breaking Surya's record
So far, Ishan Kishan has scored 1,954 runs in 66 innings of 66 T20 International matches at an average of 31.51 and strike rate of 148.81. This includes one century and 13 half-centuries. His highest score is 103 runs.
Ishaan has scored 1,158 runs in 34 innings in T20 International this year at an average of 37.35 and strike rate of 172.06. He has one century and seven half-centuries to his name. Now he will leave Suryakumar Yadav behind after scoring just seven runs. Surya had scored 1,164 runs in 2022, which is the record for the most T20I runs by an Indian batsman in a calendar year.
2-Pakistani batsman Mohammad Rizwan also on target
The record of Pakistan's Mohammad Rizwan is also on the target of Ishan Kishan. Rizwan scored 1,326 T20I runs in 29 innings in 2021. During this period he had scored one century and 12 half-centuries. Ishan needs 139 more runs to hold the record for scoring most T20I runs in a calendar year among batsmen from Test playing countries.
3-Chance of scoring 2000 T20 runs in a year
Ishan Kishan is also performing tremendously in all types of T20 matches this year. He has scored 1,760 runs in 49 innings of 49 matches at an average of 38.26 and a strike rate of more than 175. This includes one century and 13 half-centuries.
After five T20I matches against New Zealand, a three-match T20I series is also to be played against Sri Lanka in December. Ishaan has to score 240 more runs to complete 2,000 T20 runs in this calendar year. Till now, this feat has been achieved by West Indies' Nicholas Pooran (2,331 runs) and Mohammad Rizwan (2,036 runs in 2024). Ishaan can become the first Indian to do so.
India's T20I team against New Zealand
Shreyas Iyer (captain), Abhishek Sharma, Sanju Samson (wicketkeeper), Vaibhav Suryavanshi, Ishan Kishan (wicketkeeper), Tilak Verma (vice-captain), Axar Patel, Shivam Dubey, Nitish Kumar Reddy, Naman Dheer, Prince Yadav, Mayank Yadav, Arshdeep Singh, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Varun Chakraborty and Kuldeep Yadav.