New Delhi . In the T20 World Cup 2026, Pakistan’s opening batsman Sahibzada Farhan’s bat is on fire and now he is standing on the threshold of creating history. By playing a brilliant inning of 63 runs in the Super-8 match against England, Farhan has taken his total runs in this tournament to 283. Farhan, who has scored one century and two half-centuries in five innings, remains the most successful batsman of the tournament at present. His eyes are now on that record, which has stood unbroken for the last 12 years, the record of scoring the most runs in a T20 World Cup edition, which was made by India’s legendary batsman Virat Kohli by scoring 319 runs in 2014.
Farhan is just 36 runs away from this historical figure. If he scores 37 runs in the next innings, this record of Kohli will be broken and a new chapter will be written in the history of T20 World Cup. In 2014, during the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup 2014, Kohli had set this record by scoring 319 runs. Since then many batsmen came close to this figure, but no one could cross it.
In 2009, Tillakaratne Dilshan had scored 317 runs, while in 2021, Babar Azam reached 303 runs, but missed the record. In 2010, Mahela Jayawardene scored 302 runs, in 2022, Kohli himself scored 296 runs, in 2016, Tamim Iqbal scored 295 runs and in 2021, David Warner scored 289 runs. Mohammad Rizwan reached 281 runs in 2021 and Rahmanullah Gurbaz also reached 281 runs in 2024, but the figure of 319 is still untouched.
Now Sahibzada Farhan has this golden opportunity, but the path is not easy. After the defeat against England, Pakistan’s path to the semi-finals has become difficult. The team’s last match of Super-8 is against Sri Lanka. Pakistan will not only have to win this match but will also have to pray for New Zealand’s defeat, only then it can get a ticket for the semi-finals.
If Pakistan reaches the semi-finals, Farhan will get another chance to break the record. But if the team gets eliminated then the match against Sri Lanka could be their last match of this tournament. In such a situation, all eyes will be on this innings – will Farhan be able to create history by scoring 36 runs or will Kohli’s record remain unbroken for another year?
T20 World Cup 2026 has now taken an exciting turn. On one hand the fate of Pakistan is at stake, on the other hand Farhan’s bat is desperate to write history. Cricket lovers are now waiting for that moment when it will be decided whether the magical figure of 319 will be broken or will remain intact.
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