Colombo: Pakistan’s rising top-order batsman Sahibzada Farhan on Tuesday hit a landmark by completing 1000 runs in men’s T20Is.
The 29-year-old achieved the feat during Pakistan’s match against the United States (USA) of the ongoing ICC Men’s T20 World Cup 2026 Group A match at the Sinhala Cricket Club (SSC) ground here.
Farhan, who has 969 runs to his name in 40 innings, brought up his 1,000th run in the short international format when he hit Milind Kumar for a huge six off the last ball of the fifth over.
As a result, the right-handed opener became the 10th Pakistani player to score 1000 runs in men’s T20Is, joining the likes of Babar Azam, Mohammad Hafeez, Shoaib Malik and Shahid Afridi.
Most runs scored for Pakistan in men’s T20Is
- Babar Assam – 4520 runs in 133 innings*
- Mohammad Rizwan – 3414 runs in 93 innings
- Mohammad Hafeez – 2514 runs in 108 innings
- Shoaib Malik – 2423 runs in 110 innings
- Faqar Zaman – 2385 runs in 108 innings
- Umar Akmal – 1690 runs in 79 innings
- Ahmed Shezad – 1471 runs in 59 innings
- Shahid Afridi – 1405 runs in 90 innings
- Saim Ayub – 1271 runs in 61 innings*
- Sahibzada Farhan – 1000 runs in 41 innings*
Apart from amassing the aforementioned milestone, Farhan was instrumental in scripting Pakistan’s strong start as they amassed 75/2 in nine overs after American skipper Monak Patel batted first.
Meanwhile, when this story was filed, Farhan was unbeaten on 48 off 25 balls with the help of four sixes and several fours.
Playing XIs
Pakistan: Sahibzada Farhan, Saim Ayub, Salman Ali Agha (caught), Babar Azam, Usman Khan (VK), Shatab Khan, Mohammad Nawaz, Faheem Ashraf, Shaheen Afridi, Usman Tariq and Abrar Ahmed.
USA: Andries Ghose (week), Shayan Jahangir, Monak Patel (catch), Milind Kumar, Sanjay Krishnamurthy, Shubham Ranjane, Harmeet Singh, Mohammad Mohsin, Shadley van Schalkwyk, Ehsan Adil and Saurabh Netrawalkar.