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Sahibzada Farhan (R) broke Virat Kohli's record for scoring most runs in a single T20 World Cup edition. (PHOTO: X/AP)
Pakistan opener Sahibzada Farhan broke star Indian cricketer Virat Kohli’s record for scoring the most runs in a single T20 World Cup edition. When Farhan went past the individual score of 37, it took him past Kohli’s tally of 319 during the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup 2026 Super 8 game against Sri Lanka at the Pallekele International Cricket Stadium in Kandy on Saturday.
Kohli scored 319 runs in six innings in the 2014 edition in Bangladesh, where India reached the final before losing the summit clash to the hosts.
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Farhan has also played six innings this edition, as Pakistan are fighting for a semifinal spot and find themselves in a must-win clash against Sri Lanka. The Men in Green, who were invited to bat first by the Lankans, need to ensure the margin of win stays above 65 for them to leapfrog New Zealand in the Super 8 Group 2 standings and thus qualify for the semifinals alongside England.
Farhan also completed his fourth half-century of this World Cup and levelled with Australia’s Matthew Hayden, Virat Kohli, and compatriot Babar Azam for recording the most fifties in a T20 World Cup edition. Kohli is the lone batter to have done this on two different occasions. He scored four fifties in the 2014 edition and the 2022 edition in Australia.
List of players with most runs in a single T20 World Cup edition:
| Player | Country | Matches | Innings | Year | Runs |
| Sahibzada Farhan | Pakistan | 7* | 6 | 2026 | 338* |
| Virat Kohli | India | 6 | 6 | 2014 | 319 |
| T Dilshan | Sri Lanka | 7 | 7 | 2009 | 317 |
| Babar Azam | Pakistan | 6 | 6 | 2021 | 303 |
| Mahela Jayawardene | Sri Lanka | 6 | 6 | 2010 | 302 |
| Virat Kohli | India | 6 | 6 | 2022 | 296 |
| Tamim Iqbal | Bangladesh | 6 | 6 | 2016 | 295 |
| David Warner | Australia | 7 | 7 | 2021 | 289 |
| Mohammad Rizwan | Pakistan | 6 | 6 | 2021 | 281 |
| Rahmanullah Gurbaz | Afghanistan | 8 | 8 | 2024 | 281 |
| Brian Bennett | Zimbabwe | 5 | 5 | 2026 | 277 |
| Virat Kohli | India | 5 | 5 | 2016 | 273 |
(Table updated after the 11th over of Pakistan vs Sri Lanka T20 World Cup 2026 Super 8 match)
Most 50-plus scores in a T20 World Cup edition
- 4 – Matthew Hayden (2007)
- 4 – Virat Kohli (2014)
- 4 – Babar Azam (2021)
- 4 – Virat Kohli (2022)
- 4 – Sahibzada Farhan (2026)*
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