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Shreyas Iyer needs 25 runs to pass Rohit Sharma's India T20I record
India captain Shreyas Iyer is closing in on Rohit Sharma's T20I record for the most runs by an Indian skipper in a calendar year.
Iyer has scored 632 runs in 22 matches as captain in 2026, while Rohit made 656 in 2022.
Iyer needs 25 runs to move ahead in Saturday's second match of India's five-game series against New Zealand in Christchurch.
He scored 42 runs from 28 balls in India's four-wicket win in the series opener.
The record for most T20I runs by any captain in a calendar year is held by Pakistan's Babar Azam, with 939 in 2021.
Ishan Kishan is out with an adductor strain, and 15-year-old Vaibhav Sooryavanshi could get the chance to make his senior India debut.
Iyer also needs 96 runs in Saturday's match to pass Babar's record for most runs as a T20 captain across all T20 matches in one year.
Shreyas Iyer needs 25 runs in the second T20I against New Zealand to surpass Rohit Sharma’s record for most runs by an Indian T20I captain in a calendar year.
Iyer has scored 632 runs in 22 matches as India’s captain in 2026.
Rohit scored 656 runs in 29 T20Is as captain in 2022.
The second match of the five-match series is scheduled for October 24 at Hagley Oval in Christchurch.
Pakistan’s Babar Azam holds the overall calendar-year record for runs by a T20I captain, with 939 in 2021.
- Who
- Shreyas Iyer, captain of India’s T20I team.
- What
- He needs 25 runs to pass Rohit Sharma’s record of 656 runs by an Indian T20I captain in a calendar year.
- When
- October 24, 2026.
- Where
- Hagley Oval, Christchurch, New Zealand.
- Why
- Iyer is pursuing the record for most runs by an Indian captain in T20Is in a calendar year.
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Iyer scored 42 runs off 28 balls in India’s series-opening win over New Zealand.
Iyer is due to have a chance to pass Rohit’s record in the second T20I.
- Iyer’s 2026 T20I runs
- 632 in 22 matches as captain
- Runs needed
- 25 to pass Rohit Sharma’s 656
- Rohit’s record
- 656 runs in 29 T20Is as India captain in 2022
- Second T20I
- October 24, 2026, at Hagley Oval in Christchurch
- Overall T20I captaincy record
- Babar Azam scored 939 runs in 2021