IND vs NZ 5th T20I: Ishan Kishan breaks Suryakumar Yadav's record in the format
Updated On: 01 November, 2026 06:46 PM IST | Sujay Shivalkar
In the fifth T20I match against New Zealand, Team India's Ishan Kishan achieved a new record. Here's all you need to know (Pics: X)

Ishan Kishan (Pic: X/@BCCI)

In the fifth T20I match against New Zealand, Team India suffered a loss by seven wickets at the Seddon Park in Hamilton

During the match, Team India's Ishan Kishan played a knock of 61 runs in 32 balls, including five boundaries and the same number of maximums

With this, he became the seventh Indian to complete 2,000 runs in T20 Internationals. Currently, he has 2016 runs in 69 T20Is. With a top score of 103 runs, the Bihar-born cricketer also has 14 half-centuries and a ton to his name in the format

The left-handed batsman also broke Suryakumar Yadav's record for the most runs by an Indian batsman in a calendar year in T20Is

Kishan has been in outstanding form this year, scoring 1,220 runs in 37 matches and innings at an average of 35.88 and a strike rate of 171.58. His tally includes a century and eight half-centuries, taking him past Suryakumar's previous record of 1,164 runs in 2022
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