Ishan Kishan breaks Suryakumar Yadav's record for most T20I runs for India in a calendar year

At Seddon Park in Hamilton on November 1, 2026, Ishan Kishan rewrote Indian T20 International batting history during the fifth T20I against New Zealand. His knock of 61 off 32 balls, laced with five fours and five sixes, pushed his 2026 calendar-year tally to 1,220 runs and took him past Suryakumar Yadav's previous Indian record for the most T20I runs scored in a single calendar year. Kishan batted at number three and accumulated those 1,220 runs across 37 T20I matches in 2026, finishing the year at an average of 35.88 and a strike rate of 171.58.