In this article, we are going to look at the top 10 players with the most T20I appearances. Pakistan’s Shoaib Malik leads the pack. Malik made his T20 debut in 2006 and is yet to retire from T20 internationals and could feature in the next ICC World T20.
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5. MS Dhoni"https://www.cric-life.com/article/mahendra-singh-dhoni-retires/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">MS Dhoni has played 98 matches and scored 1617 runs at 37.60 with 2 fifties, including the highest score of 56. He has also taken 57 catches and effected 34 stumpings. Dhoni registered his highest score of 56 against England in Bengaluru on 1 February 2017. India batted first and posted a score of 202/6 before bowling out England for 127 in the 17th over. Dhoni also had a catch and a stumping in the game.
6. Kevin O’Brienf="https://www.cric-life.com/player/kevin-obrien/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Kevin O’Brien has played 96 matches and scored 1672 runs at 21.16 with 4 fifties, including his highest score of 124. He has also taken 58 wickets at 19.55 with the best bowling figures of 4 wickets for 45 runs. O’Brien made his best score of 124 on 7 October 2019 against Hong Kong at Al Amerat in the sixth match of the Oman Pentangular T20I competition. Batting first, Ireland had made 208/5, thanks to O’Brien’s ton, before they restricted Hong Kong to a score of 142/9 in their allotted overs.
P7. Mohammad Hafeez
www.cric-life.com/player/mohammad-hafeez/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Mohd Hafeez has played 92 matches and scored 1992 runs at 25.21 with 11 fifties, including the highest score of 86. He has also taken 54 wickets at 22.70, with his best bowling figures of 4 wickets for 10 runs. Hafeez’s highest score of 86 came in the second match of a series against South Africa at Centurion on 3 March 2013. Batting first, Pakistan scored 195/7. In reply, South Africa got bowled out for 100 in the 13th over. Hafeez also took 3/25 in the game to be named Man of the Match for his all-round display.
England8. Eoin Morgan
.cric-life.com/player/eoin-morgan/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Eoin Morgan has played 90 matches and scored 2152 runs at 30.74 with 13 fifties, including the highest score of 91. Morgan made his highest score of 91 on 8 November 2019 in Napier in the fourth match of a series against New Zealand. Batting first, England posted a score of 241/3 before bowling out the Kiwis for 165 in the 17th over.
New 9. Martin Guptill
/www.cric-life.com/player/martin-guptill/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Martin Guptill has played 88 matches and scored 2536 runs at 32.51 with 2 tons, including the highest score of 105. Guptill’s innings of 105 came in the fourth game of a series against Australia in Auckland on 16 February 2018. His innings which contained 6 fours and 9 sixes helped New Zealand to a score of 243/6. Sadly for Guptill, his knock went in vain as Australia chased down the target with 5 wickets and 7 balls to spare.
Banglade10. Mahmudullah
w.cric-life.com/player/mahmudullah/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Mahmudullah has played 87 matches and scored 1475 runs at 24.18 with 4 fifties, including the highest score of 64 not out. He has also taken 31 wickets at 27.87 with his best bowling figures of 3 wickets for 18 runs. He registered his highest score on 10 December 2012 in the only T20 played during the West Indies tour of Bangladesh that year. Batting first, the West Indies scored 197/4. Mahmudullah’s great innings went in vain as Bangladesh ended up losing by 18 runs.
