Kandy: Pakistan’s veteran all-rounder Shadab Khan achieved a major batting milestone during the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup 2026 Super Eight match against England at the Pallekele International Cricket Stadium on Tuesday.
Shadab, who added valuable runs to Pakistan’s total with a blistering 23-run cameo, became the 11th player from the country to break the thousand-run barrier in T20Is and amass the milestone in the shortest format.
Batsman Babar Azam tops the elusive list with 4596 runs, which includes legendary players like Mohammad Hafeez, Shoaib Malik and Shahid Afridi.
Most runs scored for Pakistan in men’s T20Is
- Babar Assam – 4596 runs in 145 innings
- Mohammad Rizwan – 3414 runs in 93 innings
- Mohammad Hafeez – 2514 runs in 108 innings
- Shoaib Malik – 2423 runs in 110 innings
- Faqar Zaman – 2410 runs in 109 innings
- Umar Akmal – 1690 runs in 79 innings
- Ahmed Shezad – 1471 runs in 59 innings
- Shahid Afridi – 1405 runs in 90 innings
- Saim Ayub – 1298 runs in 64 innings
- Sahibzada Farhan – 1205 runs in 44 innings
- Shatab Khan – 1002 runs in 68 innings
Notably, Shatab also became the first Pakistani to complete the century of wickets in the shorter format and currently has 123 runs in 113 innings at a decent average of 23.79 and an economy rate of 7.33.
As a result, the 27-year-old became the first Pakistani to reach the double of a thousand runs and 100 wickets in the shorter format, while finishing sixth in the overall format, joining the likes of Afghanistan’s Mohammad Nabi, Zimbabwe’s Sikandar Raza and India’s Hardik Pandya.
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