Mohammad Shahzad has been in outstanding form for Afghanistan in limited-overs cricket. During the third T20I match between Afghanistan and Ireland at Greater Noida stadium on Sunday, Afghanistan surpassed India’s Virat Kohli in the list of leading run-getters in T20I cricket.
Virat Kohli has scored 1709* runs in 48 matches in T20I cricket. Whereas Mohammad Shahzad has played 58* matches and scored 1749* runs. His highest score in T20I cricket 118* and he has a very good batting average of 32.38.
The 29-year-old, who has scored over 100 runs in three T20 matches, is now among the top four run-getters in the shortest format of the game. Only New Zealand’s Brendon McCullum and Martin Guptill and Sri Lanka’s TM Dilshan.
| Player | Span | Mat | Inns | NO | Runs | HS | Ave |
| BB McCullum (NZ) | 2005-2015 | 71 | 70 | 10 | 2140 | 123 | 35.66 |
| TM Dilshan (SL) | 2006-2016 | 80 | 79 | 12 | 1889 | 104* | 28.19 |
| MJ Guptill (NZ) | 2009-2016 | 61 | 59 | 7 | 1806 | 101* | 34.73 |
| Mohammad Shahzad (AFG) | 2010-2017 | 58* | 58 | 4 | 1749 | 118* | 32.38 |
| V Kohli (INDIA) | 2010-2017 | 48 | 44 | 12 | 1709 | 90* | 53.4 |
| Umar Akmal (PAK) | 2009-2016 | 82 | 77 | 14 | 1690 | 94 | 26.82 |
| DA Warner (AUS) | 2009-2016 | 63 | 63 | 3 | 1686 | 90* | 28.1 |
| JP Duminy (SA) | 2007-2017 | 71 | 65 | 21 | 1683 | 96* | 38.25 |
| Mohammad Hafeez (PAK) | 2006-2016 | 77 | 75 | 4 | 1614 | 86 | 22.73 |
| EJG Morgan (ENG) | 2009-2017 | 67 | 66 | 13 | 1568 | 85* | 29.58 |
