Cricket fans enjoy T20 cricket a lot. The simple reason is that the T20 cricket provides complete entertainment for the fans in a short time. There are a lot of quick and exciting shots in this format of instant cricket and this makes people like it more than other formats like ODI or TEST. The batsmen mostly play dominantly and score a lot of significant number of runs.
Several players are here who have played exceptional innings in T20 matches so far. Out of these players, some captains have performed brilliantly to lead their team to victory. So in this article, let’s know about the Top 3 players who have scored the most runs in T20 as captain in a single inning of a T20 match.
Top 3 Captains with the Most Runs in a T20 Match Inning
Shane Watson, 124* vs India
Former Australian legend Shane Watson played a brilliant century against India on January 31, 2016, in Sydney. Watson scored an unbeaten 124 with the help of 10 fours and 6 sixes in just 71 balls in that match. However, despite his exceptional performances, Team Australia lost that match.
Australia set a target of 198 runs, for 5 wickets in the first inning, but the Indian team chased down the target by losing only 3 wickets. Rohit Sharma scored 52 off 38 balls, Shikhar Dhawan helped the team with a quickfire 26 runs off 9 balls, Virat Kohli scored 50 off 36 balls, and Suresh Raina contributed an unbeaten 49 runs.
Shaheryar Butt, 125 runs vs Czech Republic
Belgium’s Shaheryar Butt is at second position in this list, who scored a remarkable century inning against the Czech Republic on August 29, 2020. Shaheryar Butt played a smashing inning of 125 runs off just 50 balls with the help of 11 fours and 9 sixes. With the help of his brilliant inning, Belgium scored 197 runs and restricted the Czech Republic to 151 runs to win a spectacular victory.
Aaron Finch, 172 vs Zimbabwe
Australian team’s limited-overs captain Aaron Finch holds the top position on this list. Finch played a dominating inning against Zimbabwe in Harare on July 3, 2018. He scored 172 runs in just 76 balls and he hit 16 fours and 10 sixes. The Australian Team won the match by a margin of 100 runs.
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