Indian wicketkeeper-batter Ishan Kishan created a new national record on 1 November 2026 by becoming India’s highest run-scorer in T20 Internationals in a single calendar year.
- Kishan scored 61 runs off 32 balls in the fifth and final T20I against New Zealand at Seddon Park, Hamilton.
- With this innings, he took his 2026 T20I tally to 1,220 runs in 37 innings, surpassing the previous Indian record of 1,164 runs set by Suryakumar Yadav in 2022.
- Kishan also completed 2,000 runs in T20 Internationals, reaching the milestone in just 1,345 balls and becoming the third-fastest Indian batter to achieve it in terms of balls faced.
- Abhishek Sharma holds the Indian record, reaching 2,000 T20I runs in 1,024 balls, followed by Suryakumar Yadav (1,164 balls).
Kishan achieved both milestones with his match-winning performance in the series finale.
