Stats: Top 5 batters with the highest T20I average (Min 2000 runs)

Keeping a top batting average over a considerable volume of runs is an outstanding achievement in the exciting game of T20 International cricket, when power hitting and rapid scoring often become the focus.

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Few batsmen have combined overbearing bulk with a great average, although several have illuminated the format with big-knock innings. The top five highest T20I average batsmen (with more than 2000 runs) are featured here.

5. Suryakumar Yadav

With a remarkable average of 38.20 from 83 Twenty20 Internationals and 79 innings, Suryakumar Yadav (India) is a standout with 2,598 runs. He is a modern T20 sensation who easily discovers boundaries everywhere on the ground due to his risk-taking and creative 360-degree batting talent and aggressive strike rate.

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4. Muhammad Waseem

A very rare name on the list is that of Muhammad Waseem of the UAE, who sits in the second position. He has played more than 72 games, where he might score 2660 runs with a great average of 39.70. He has also scored three centuries in the T20Is on behalf of his team to date.

3. Babar Azam

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Babar, who has scored 4,223 runs in 121 innings, with 3 hundreds and 36 fifties, has a batting average of about 39.8. In T20 cricket, his masterful technique and adaptability are evident even now. He is one of the most aesthetically pleasing and formidable T20I batsmen because of his classy stroke play and ability to consistently score runs.

2. Mohammad Rizwan

Mohammad Rizwan of Pakistan has emerged as one of the most reliable batters due to his incredible growth in T20I cricket. Rizwan has scored 3,414 runs at a remarkable average of 47.41 from 106 Twenty20 Internationals and 93 innings. He often bats at the top and has been the pillar of Pakistan's T20 success.

1. Virat Kohli

With an average of nearly 48.7 in T20 Internationals, Kohli tops the list with 4,188 runs in 117 innings with a century and 38 fifties. He is the lone cricketer averaging nearly 50+ runs in this format with such a large number of runs because of his unmatched consistency and game-smartness.

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