Batsmen With Most Runs In An Over In T20Is

The players who have scored the most runs in a T20I over are mentioned in this article.

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Batsmen With Most Runs In An Over In T20Is: Recently, Vanuatu bowler Nalin Nipiko conceded 39 runs in one of his overs in a T20 international match played against Samoa. However, the bowler also bowled 3 no balls in that over, while the batsman hit 6 sixes in that over and scored 36 runs with his bat. However, with this, the Samoa batsman equalled many legendary batsmen in terms of scoring the most runs in an over.

Whenever the batsmen who scored the most runs in an over in T20 international cricket are talked about, the name of India’s former explosive batsman, Yuvraj Singh, comes first in people’s minds. He had the record of scoring 36 runs with 6 sixes in an over, but later many batsmen equalled his record, but no one could break his record. Here we are going to tell you about the top 5 batsmen who scored the most runs in an over in T20 international cricket.

Batsmen With Most Runs In An Over In T20Is

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Ryan Burl: 34 runs

Zimbabwe’s explosive batsman, Ryan Burl, has always been one of the game-changers for his team. On August 2, 2022, in a T20 match played against Zimbabwe in Harare, he scored 34 runs (6, 6, 6, 6, 4, 6) in an over against spinner Nasum Ahmed with the help of 5 sixes and 1 four. In that match, Zimbabwe won by 10 runs and also registered a historic 2-1 win in the 3-match T20 series against Bangladesh.

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Deependra Singh Airee: 36 runs

Nepal’s explosive batsman Deependra Singh Airee hit six consecutive sixes in an over of Kamran Khan in the match played against Qatar in the UAE on April 13, 2024, and added 36 runs to his account. This was the second time Airee equalled or broke Yuvraj’s record. In fact, before this, he broke Yuvraj Singh’s record for fastest half-century in T20 international cricket by scoring a half-century in just 10 balls against Mongolia in the Asian Games 2023.

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Kieron Pollard: 36 runs

Former West Indies explosive batsman Kieron Pollard’s name is also recorded in the list of batsmen who scored the most runs in an over. Pollard played an innings of runs on balls in a match played against Sri Lanka. In that match, he hit 6 consecutive sixes in an over against Akila Dhananjaya and scored 36 runs. Let us tell you that Dhananjaya also took a hat-trick in his second over in that match and in his third over, Pollard completely ruined his spell.

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Yuvraj Singh: 36 runs

India’s former explosive batsman Yuvraj Singh played a blistering innings of 58 runs in 16 balls in the match played against England in Durban in the T20 World Cup 2007 and played an important role in helping his team win by runs. In that match, Yuvraj hit six consecutive sixes in an over of Stuart Broad and scored 36 runs (6, 6, 6, 6, 6). The bowler did not concede a single extra run in that over.

Darius Visser: 39 runs

Samoa batsman Darius Visser has come jointly first in the list of batsmen scoring the most runs in an over. In fact, in the match played against Vanuatu in Apia on 20, 2024, Visser played an explosive innings of 132 runs in 62 balls and also became the Player of the Match.

Thanks to the brilliant batting of Darius Visser, Samoa scored 174 and also registered a 10-run win. In this match, Visser personally scored 36 runs by hitting six sixes in the 15th over bowled by Nalin Nipiko. However, the bowler also bowled 3 no balls in that over and gave away a total of 39 runs (6, 6, 6, nb, 6, 0, nb, nb6, 6), which is also the most expensive over in T20 international cricket history.