Sahibzada Farhan becomes the highest run-scorer in the T20 World Cup

Published 18 Feb, 2026 07:27pm 1 min read
Sahibzada Farhan.
Sahibzada Farhan.

Pakistan’s batter Sahibzada Farhan has become the highest run-scorer in the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup 2026 and has become the second Pakistani batter to score a century in the history of the mega event.

In the crucial match of the T20 World Cup played in Colombo, Pakistan set a target of 200 runs for Namibia to win, thanks to Sahibzada Farhan’s brilliant century.

Sahibzada Farhan played an unbeaten innings of 100 runs off 58 balls with the help of 4 sixes and 11 fours. In this century, Sahibzada Farhan became the highest run-scorer in the T20 World Cup 2026.

Sahibzada Farhan has scored the most runs in the 4 innings of the current event so far, consisting of 219 runs. In second place in this list is South Africa’s Aiden Markram, who has scored 178 runs in 4 matches.

On the other hand, Sahibzada Farhan has also become the second Pakistani batsman to score a century in the T20 World Cup after Ahmed Shehzad. Ahmed Shehzad scored a century against Bangladesh in the 2014 T20 World Cup.

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