Pakistan’s Sahibzada Farhan performs a shot in the course of the 2026 ICC Males’s T20 Cricket World Cup Tremendous Eights match between England and Pakistan on the Pallekele Worldwide Cricket Stadium in Kandy on February 24, 2026. Picture: AFP
Pakistan opener Sahibzada Farhan set a brand new benchmark on the ICC Males’s T20 World Cup 2026 after turning into the very best run-scorer in a single version of the match.
Farhan achieved the milestone throughout Pakistan’s Tremendous Eight match in opposition to Sri Lanka at Pallekele on Saturday, transferring previous former India captain Virat Kohli, who scored 319 runs within the 2014 version.
The correct-handed opener now leads the run charts with 323* runs, underlining a standout marketing campaign that has included a century and two half-centuries for Pakistan on the T20 World Cup 2026.
Farhan’s consistency on the high of the order has been one of many few certainties for Pakistan in a tightly contested match.
Most runs in a single T20 World Cup version
323 – Sahibzada Farhan, Pakistan (2026)*
319 – Virat Kohli, India (2014)
317 – Tillakaratne Dilshan, Sri Lanka (2009)
303 – Babar Azam, Pakistan (2021)
302 – Mahela Jayawardene, Sri Lanka (2010)
The match additionally noticed Pakistan shatter a number of information. Farhan and Fakhar Zaman stitched collectively a 176-run opening partnership — the very best ever for the primary wicket in T20 World Cup historical past.
The pair surpassed the earlier report of 175 set by New Zealand’s Tim Seifert and Finn Allen in opposition to the United Arab Emirates in Chennai earlier within the match.
It was additionally Pakistan’s highest-ever partnership in T20 World Cup historical past, eclipsing the unbeaten 152-run stand between Babar Azam and Mohammad Rizwan in opposition to India within the 2021 version.
