IND vs AFG: The series of 3 T20 matches between India and Afghanistan will start from 13 September. All three matches of the series will be played at Arun Jaitley Stadium in Delhi. Team India's squad has also been announced for this series. Shreyas Iyer has been made the captain. Whereas once again the responsibility of vice-captain has been handed over to Tilak Verma. Sanju Samson and Ishan Kishan have got a chance as wicketkeepers in the team. There is every possibility that Ishan Kishan may also get a place in the playing 11. In such a situation, if Ishan scores just 14 runs in the first T20 match against Afghanistan, then he will make a big record.
Ishan Kishan will have a chance to make a big record
Ishan Kishan has batted very well in this year 2026. He has made a lot of noise with the bat and has scored runs. Ishaan is the second highest run scorer in international cricket this year 2026. Only Harry Brook of England is ahead of him. Harry Brook has scored more than 1200 runs this year. Whereas Ishan Kishan has reached very close to 1000 runs. If he scores 14 runs in the first T20 match against Afghanistan, he will become the second batsman to touch the figure of 1000 runs this year.
Ishan Kishan will achieve this feat for the first time
This will be the first time that Ishaan will achieve the great feat of completing 1000 runs in a calendar year. Before this, his best performance in a year was 893 runs, which he made in the year 2022. Whereas England's Test captain Joe Root is at number three. He has scored a total of 927 runs. Root can touch the figure of 1000 runs before Ishan, because the third Test match will be played between England and Pakistan from 9th September. If Root gets a big innings in this, then he will go ahead.
Batsmen who scored the most runs in all three formats in the year 2026
Harry Brook – 1218
Ishan Kishan – 986
Joe Root – 927
Daryl Mitchell – 914
Ishan Kishan is the highest run scorer for India in 2026
Ishan Kishan is the highest run-scorer for India in the year 2026 in all three formats combined. So far, he has scored a total of 986 runs while batting in 27 innings of 28 international matches, which includes 2 centuries and 14 half-centuries. Ishaan has scored runs at an average of 36.51. They don't have any other player. At second place is Indian captain Shubhman Gill, who has scored a total of 761 runs.
Indian batsman who will score most international runs in the year 2026
Ishan Kishan – 986
Shubhman Gill – 761
Shreyas Iyer – 530
Abhishek Sharma – 514
Shivam Dubey – 488
Afghanistan will host this T20 series
This series of 3 T20 matches between India and Afghanistan will be played in Delhi. All the matches will be played at the Arun Jaitley Stadium in Delhi, but this series will be hosted not by India but by the Afghanistan Cricket Board. The first T20 match between India and Afghanistan will be played on 13 September. Whereas the second match will be played on 15th and the third on 17th September. Everyone's eyes are also going to be on Ishaan Kishan in this series.
India's squad for Afghanistan T20I series announced. #TeamIndia will play three T20Is against Afghanistan at New Delhi, beginning September 13.#AFGvINDpic.twitter.com/UqTUeZyHz8
— BCCI (@BCCI) September 1, 2026
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