Cricketers to score fastest 3000 runs in T20I cricket

T20I cricket has turned out to be the most entertaining format of the game in the last two decades. Throughout the years, there have been several players who mastered the art of scoring runs in the shortest format of the game and turned out to be the best batters in T20I cricket. There are many players who have scored more than 2000 runs in their T20I career so far. However, there are also a few players who have achieved the milestone of scoring 3000 runs in the T20Is, while some players achieved this feat faster than other players. In the following listicle, we will discuss the top nine players to score fastest 3000 runs in T20I cricket. Fastest 3000 runs in T20I cricket 9. Paul Stirling - 113 innings Paul Stirling is one of the best batsmen to play for Ireland in the T20I format. He is also the fourth highest run-scorer in T20Is with 3601 runs in 145 matches. Stirling achieved the milestone of 3000 T20I runs in his 113th innings in a match against Afghanistan in Belfast on August 17, 2022. #PAGE_BREAK# 8. Rohit Sharma - 108 innings Rohit Sharma finished his T20I career as the all-time highest run-scorer in the T20I format with 4231 runs in 159 games for India in the shortest format. The Indian batter crossed the milestone of 3000 T20I runs in his 108th innings in the shortest format. He achieved this feat during his knock of 56(37) runs in a T20 World Cup fixture against Namibia in Dubai on November 8, 2021. #PAGE_BREAK# 7. Jos Buttler - 106 innings Jos Buttler is the limited-over captain of the England cricket team and led England to their second T20 World Cup title in 2022. The wicketkeeper-batter is also among the few cricketers who have scored more than 3000 runs in the T20I format. Buttler took 106 innings to reach 3000 T20I runs, when he scored 84(51) runs in a match against Pakistan in Birmingham on May 25, 2024. #PAGE_BREAK# 6. David Warner - 102 innings Former Australia cricketer David Warner has scored the most runs for Australia in the T20I format. The left-hander has scored 3277 runs from 110 matches in his T20I career. He took 102 innings to complete 3000 runs, when he scored 81(49) runs against West Indies in Perth on February 13, 2024. #PAGE_BREAK# 5. Martin Guptill - 101 innings Veteran New Zealand cricketer, Martin Guptill took 101 innings to achieve the milestone of 3000 runs in T20I cricket. The opening batter has amassed 3531 runs in 122 matches in his T20I career. He scored his 3000th T20I run in a match against Scotland during the 2021 T20 World Cup fixture in Dubai on November 3. #PAGE_BREAK# 4. Aaron Finch - 98 innings Australia’s T20 World Cup winning captain, Aaron Finch is the fourth fastest player to reach the milestone of 3000 runs in the T20I format. The former cricketer achieved this feat in his 98th T20I innings for Australia in a match against England in Perth on October 9, 2022. #PAGE_BREAK# 3. Babar Azam - 81 innings Pakistan’s limited-over skipper, Babar Azam is the third fastest player to score 3000 runs in T20I and one of the only three batters who have scored more than 4000 runs in the format. The opening batter took 81 innings to achieve this during his knock of unbeaten 87*(59) runs a match against England in Lahore on September 30, 2022. Babar has scored 4145 runs from 123 matches in his T20I career so far. #PAGE_BREAK# 2. Virat Kohli - 81 innings Virat Kohli is the fastest Indian cricketer to score 3000 runs in the T20I format. The star batter ended his T20I career with 4188 runs in 125 matches. He achieved the milestone of 3000 T20I runs in his 81st innings during a match against England, where he scored a match-winning 73*(49) runs in Ahmedabad on March 14, 2021. #PAGE_BREAK# 1. Mohammad Rizwan - 79 innings Pakistan wicketkeeper-batter, Mohammad Rizwan is the fastest player ever to score 3000 runs in the T20I format. He took just 79 innings to achieve this feat during his unbeaten 45 runs off 34 balls in a match against New Zealand in Rawalpindi on April 20, 2024.

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Cricketers to score fastest 3000 runs in T20I cricket