ROHIT SHARMA
2331 runs in 94 T20Is, 4x100s, 16x50s, HS: 118, SR: 137.68
Rohit Sharma is the leading run-getter in the format both for India and overall. He is also the only batsman to hit four centuries in the format, with his highest score of 118 coming against Sri Lanka in a run fest in Indore, where India put up 260/5. His century in that innings came off just 35 balls, making it the joint fastest century in T20Is, tying Rohit with David Miller.
Rohit Sharma has also shown capable leadership qualities in the format, as he won India their first triangular T20I competition in Sri Lanka, the Nidahas Trophy in 2018. Also, Rohit is the only Indian batsman to hit over 100 (102) sixes in the T20Is.
SHIKHAR DHAWAN
1310 runs in 50 T20Is, 9x50s, HS: 92, SR: 130.47
Shikhar Dhawan might not have been as destructive as his opening partner Rohit in the format, but he has held his own at the other end. He has the highest score of 92, that came against West Indies recently and he also scored two fifties against Australia in the three-match T20I series in last 2018.
VIRAT KOHLI
2263 runs in 67 T20Is, 20x50s, HS: 90*, SR: 137.40
Virat Kohli has shown to the cricket fans that you don’t need big sixes in order to become one of the highest run-getters in the format. Though he has 54 sixes and 223 fours to his name, Kohli has used his no.3 position wisely, keeping the scoring rate up by taking the singles and twos in the middle overs with an odd boundary here and there.
Two of his best innings came against Australia, one in the 2016 World T20, when he took India to an impossible looking win and another in the Adelaide Oval, batting first when he scored his T20I career-best 90*.
Also, Virat Kohli is the only player to win two back-to-back Player of the Tournament awards in World T20 competition. He won the awards in 2014 and 2016 editions. He is also one of the two batsmen to average over 50 in the format.
