Most runs in a single edition of ICC World T20

It would be an engaging month for all cricket fans, as the ICC World T20 2021 gets underway from Sunday. The fans would expect runs to flourish and sweep through the entire tournament.

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The focus would be mainly on the number of runs scored, and it would be interesting to see which batter competes to achieve the most runs during the tournament. To date, there have been numerous batters who have topped the chart for a single edition.

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Watch the video above to find out the top ten in the list. Meanwhile, you can see below the list of most run-scorers in the competition to date:

Mahela Jayawardene (2007-2014): 1,016 in 31 innings
Chris Gayle (2007-2016): 920 in 26 innings
Tilakaratne Dilshan (2007-2016): 897 in 34 innings
Virat Kohli (2012-2016): 777 in 16 innings
AB de Villiers (2007-2016): 717 in 29 innings
Rohit Sharma (2007-2016): 673 in 25 innings
Kumar Sangakkara (2007-2014): 661 in 30 innings
Brendon McCullum (2007-2014): 637 in 25 innings
Yuvraj Singh (2007-2016): 593 in 28 innings
Kevin Pietersen (2007-2010): 580 in 15 innings