India national cricket team Wins ICC Men's T20 World Cup 2026; Sahibzada Farhan Tops Run Charts

The Indian team defeated New Zealand in the final match of the ICC T20 World Cup 2026 to win the trophy for the third time. This is the first time that the host team has won the T20 World Cup trophy. This is the first time that any team has won the T20 World Cup trophy three times. This is the first time that any team has defended the T20 World Cup trophy.

In the year 2024, India won the T20 World Cup trophy under the captaincy of Rohit Sharma. This time, under the captaincy of Suryakumar Yadav, Team India won the trophy again, that is, for the second time. There were many records and high-scoring performances in the match, but the record of 260 runs set by Sri Lanka in the year 2007 still remains unbroken. However, many teams were close to achieving this record.

During this period, several batsmen also scored heavily. Let's find out who the top 10 highest run-scorers were in the T20 World Cup 2026. Pakistan's Sahibzada Farhan leads the charts, scoring 383 runs in six innings at an average of 76.60. New Zealand's Tim Sheffert is second, scoring 324 runs in eight innings at an average of 54.

India's opening batsman Sanju Samson is third. Samson played only five matches in this tournament, but scored 321 runs at an average of 80.25. Sanju Samson was also the batsman who hit the most sixes in this tournament. He hit a total of 24 sixes. Ishan Kishan was in fourth place, scoring 317 runs in 9 matches at an average of 35.5. New Zealand's Finn Allen was in fifth place, scoring 298 runs. After this, Zimbabwe's Brian Bennett was in sixth place with 292 runs.

South Africa's captain Aiden Markram was in seventh place with 292 runs. England's Jacob Bethell scored 286 runs and was in eighth place. West Indies' Shimron Hetmyer was in ninth place with 280 runs. Team India's captain Suryakumar Yadav was in tenth place with 242 runs.