India batter Tilak Varma rises in India’s all-time T20I run-scoring list after a key innings against Zimbabwe in the second T20I. Yahoo Sports reports that Varma scores an unbeaten 60 off 29 balls, hitting five fours and three sixes, which lifts him above MS Dhoni, Suresh Raina and Ishan Kishan in the standings. NDTV also highlights the milestone, stating that Varma has now surpassed Dhoni and Raina to reach a new position among India’s leading T20I run-getters.
Across the two NDTV and Yahoo Sports accounts, Varma’s overall T20I record is cited as 1,634 runs in 58 matches and 55 innings, with an average of 44.16 and a strike rate of 145.37. NDTV adds that he has made two centuries and nine fifties in the format, with a highest score of 120 not out. The reports attribute the recent jump in rankings to his latest unbeaten performance, which pushes him further up India’s highest run-scorers list.