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ICC Men's t20 WC

Highest Individual Score in T20 World Cup

Rank Player Runs Balls S/R 4s 6s
1
Brendon McCullum (NZ)
123 58 212.07 11 7
2
Chris Gayle (WI)
117 57 205.26 7 10
3
Alex Hales (ENG)
116 64 181.25 11 6
4
Ahmed Shehzad (PAK)
111 62 179.03 10 5
5
Rilee Rossouw (SA)
109 56 194.64 7 8
6
Glenn Phillips (NZ)
104 64 162.50 10 4
7
Tamim Iqbal (BAN)
103 63 163.49 10 5
8
Jos Buttler (ENG)
101 67 150.75 6 6
9
Suresh Raina (IND)
101 60 168.33 9 5
10
Chris Gayle (WI)
100 48 154.17 8 13
11
Mahela Jayawardene (SL)
100 64 156.25 10 4
12
Luke Wright (ENG)
99 55 180.00 8 6
13
Chris Gayle (WI)
98 66 148.48 5 7
14
Mahela Jayawardene (SL)
98 56 175.00 9 4
15
Nicholas Pooran (WI)
98 53 184.91 6 8
16
Tillakaratne Dilshan (SL)
96 57 168.42 12 2
17
Aaron Jones (USA)
94 40 235.00 4 10
18
Umar Akmal (PAK)
94 54 174.07 9 4
19
Rassie van der Dussen (SA)
94 60 156.67 5 6
20
Martin Guptill (NZ)
93 56 166.07 6 7
21
Rohit Sharma (IND)
92 41 224.39 7 8
22
Devon Conway (NZ)
92 58 158.62 7 2
23
Herschelle Gibbs (SA)
90 55 163.64 14 2
24
David Warner (AUS)
89 56 158.93 9 4
25
Justin Kemp (SA)
89 56 158.93 6 6
26
Mahela Jayawardene (SL)
89 51 166.67 19 5
27
Virat Kohli (IND)
89 47 189.36 11 1
28
Chris Gayle (WI)
88 50 151.00 14 8
29
Sanath Jayasuriya (SL)
88 44 169.32 17 7
30
Phil Salt (ENG)
87 47 185.11 7 5
31
Alex Hales (ENG)
86 47 182.98 4 7
32
Michael Jones (SCOT)
86 55 156.36 6 4
33
Jean Paul Duminy (SA)
86 43 200.00 10 3
34
Kane Williamson (NZ)
85 48 177.08 10 3
35
Marlon Samuels (WI)
85 66 128.79 9 2
36
Cameron White (AUS)
85 49 173.47 6 6
37
Shakib Al Hasan (BAN)
84 54 155.56 11 2
38
Johnson Charles (WI)
84 56 150.00 10 3
39
Andre Fletcher (WI)
84 64 131.25 6 5
40
Tamim Iqbal (BAN)
83 58 143.10 6 3
41
Jos Buttler (ENG)
83 38 218.42 6 7
42
Tillakaratne Dilshan (SL)
83 56 148.21 8 3
43
Joe Root (ENG)
83 44 188.64 6 4
44
Shai Hope (WI)
82 39 210.26 4 8
45
Sikandar Raza (ZIM)
82 48 170.83 5 5
46
Virat Kohli (IND)
82 53 154.72 6 4
47
Lendl Simmons (WI)
82 51 160.78 7 5
48
Virat Kohli (IND)
82 51 160.78 9 2
49
Sanath Jayasuriya (SL)
81 47 172.34 10 3
50
Shane Watson (AUS)
81 49 165.31 7 4
51
Shimron Hetmyer (WI)
81 54 150.00 8 4
52
Charith Asalanka (SL)
80 49 163.27 5 5
53
Rahmanullah Gurbaz (AFG)
80 56 142.86 5 5
54
Andries Gous (USA)
80 47 170.21 5 5
55
Martin Guptill (NZ)
80 48 166.67 10 3
56
Jos Buttler (ENG)
80 49 163.27 9 3
57
AB de Villiers (SA)
79 34 232.35 5 6
58
Rohit Sharma (IND)
79 46 171.74 4 6
59
Kevin Pietersen (ENG)
79 37 213.51 7 4
60
Kusal Mendis (SL)
79 44 179.55 5 5
61
Mohammad Rizwan (PAK)
79 50 158.00 8 4
62
Mohammad Rizwan (PAK)
79 55 143.64 6 3
63
Jason Roy (ENG)
78 44 177.27 11 2
64
Virat Kohli (IND)
78 61 127.87 8 2
65
Marlon Samuels (WI)
78 56 139.29 3 6
66
Mahela Jayawardene (SL)
78 53 147.17 9 1
67
Virat Kohli (IND)
77 58 132.76 5 4
68
Mitchell Marsh (AUS)
77 50 154.00 6 4
69
Lendl Simmons (WI)
77 50 154.00 12 1
70
Virat Kohli (IND)
76 59 128.81 6 2
71
Luke Wright (ENG)
76 43 176.74 5 5
72
Tillakaratne Dilshan (SL)
76 53 143.40 5 3
73
Travis Head (AUS)
76 43 176.74 9 4
74
Rahmanullah Gurbaz (AFG)
76 45 168.89 4 4
75
Gautam Gambhir (IND)
75 54 138.89 8 2
76
Chris Gayle (WI)
75 41 182.93 5 6
77
Rohit Sharma (IND)
74 47 157.45 8 3
78
Quinton De Kock (SA)
74 40 185.00 7 5
79
Glenn Maxwell (AUS)
74 33 224.24 7 6
80
Tillakaratne Dilshan (SL)
74 47 137.23 15 3
81
Pathum Nissanka (SL)
74 60 123.33 6 2
82
Jatinder Singh (OMA)
73 42 173.81 7 4
83
Matthew Hayden (AUS)
73 48 152.08 9 3
84
Kamran Akmal (PAK)
73 55 132.73 8 1
85
Jacques Kallis (SA)
73 54 126.85 10 4
86
Jos Buttler (ENG)
73 47 155.32 7 2
87
Kevin Pietersen (ENG)
73 52 140.38 8 2
88
Salman Butt (PAK)
73 46 158.70 8 2
89
Angelo Mathews (SL)
73 54 135.19 3 5
90
Najibullah Zadran (AFG)
73 48 152.08 6 3
91
Imran Nazir (PAK)
72 36 200.00 9 3
92
Tom Cooper (NED)
72 58 124.14 9 1
93
Pathum Nissanka (SL)
72 58 124.14 6 3
94
Curtis Campher (IRE)
72 32 225.00 7 2
95
Daryl Mitchell (NZ)
72 47 153.19 4 4
96
David Warner (AUS)
72 42 163.10 12 7
97
Dwayne Smith (WI)
72 43 167.44 10 3
98
Shane Watson (AUS)
72 42 171.43 2 7
99
Virat Kohli (IND)
72 44 150.00 16 5
100
Jos Buttler (ENG)
71 32 221.88 5 5

Stats updated after every match.

# - Player Rank
M - Matches Played
W– Won
L– Lost
T– Tied
N/R– No Result
PTS– Points
NRR– Net Run Rate
Q– Qualified
Inns - Innings Bowled
Ovr - Overs Bowled
Runs - Runs Conceded
Wk - Wickets Taken
Avg - Bowling Average
Eco - Economy Rate
SR - Bowling Strike Rate
4W - 4 Wickets in an Innings
5W - 5 Wickets in an Innings
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No Team M W L PTS
1 Afghanistan AFG 0 0 0 0
2 Bangladesh BAN 0 0 0 0
3 Australia AUS 0 0 0 0
4 India IND 0 0 0 0
5 Canada CAN 0 0 0 0

ICC Men's t20 WC Records

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Hard hitting and explosive batting display is always an attraction in T20 cricket. Batsman score centuries, half centuries or hit massive sixes always have been a record in the limited overs cricket. Chris Gayle to Brendon McCullum, Suresh Raina to Mahela Jayawardene there are many players around the globe who made records with the highest individual score in t20 World Cup history. 

Players with Highest Individual Score in T20 World Cup

Brendon McCullum has achieved the highest individual score in t20 world cup history. He smashed 123 runs in 58 balls against Bangladesh in the 2012 WC. McCullum hit 11 boundaries and 7 sixes in this innings with a strike rate of 212.06. Chris Gayle scored 117 runs in 57 balls against South Africa in 2007 t20 world cup at a strike rate of 205.26. 

Alex Hales smashed 116 runs in 64 balls in the 2014 T20 WC against Sri Lanka. In this innings he hit 11 fours and 6 sixes. Ahmed Shehzad scored 111 runs in 64 balls against Bangladesh in the same season. He smashed 10 fours and 5 sixes in his innings. 

Rilee Rossouw scored 109 runs in 56 balls at a strike rate of 194.64 against Bangladesh with 7 boundaries and 8 sixes in the 2022 t20 wc. Glenn Phillips scored 104 runs in 64 balls in the same WC against Sri Lanka in Sydney.

Tamim Iqbal is the next name with the highest individual score in the t20 world cup table, who scored 103 runs in 63 balls against Oman in Dharamshala in 2016 wc. He smashed 10 boundaries and 5 long sixes in this innings. Jos Buttler scored 104 runs in 67 balls against Sri Lanka in 2021 T20 wc. Suresh Raina, the only name from India in this list who scored a superb century in 2010 t20 wc against South Africa.

Consistent Players in the Highest Individual Score in t20 World Cup List

Chris Gayle and Mahela Jayawardene appeared multiple times in the highest individual score in t20 World Cup tally. Gayle smashed the first century in t20 wc history in 2007, he scored another ton in 2016 wc with an unbeaten 100 runs knock. He missed a well deserved century by 2 runs in 2010 wc when he scored 98 runs in 66 balls vs India in Bridgetown.

Jayawardene scored a hundred against Zimbabwe in the 2010 World cup. He smashed 10 fours and 4 sixes in that innings. He also missed an hundred in 2010 T20 WC, with an unbeaten 98 runs knock, with 9 fours and 4 sixes. Luke Wright missed a well deserved hundred in 2012 world cup with an unbeaten 99 runs, who also features in this list with Nicholas Pooran, and Dilshan from Sri Lanka.

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