List of all Virat Kohli's records that were broken at T20 World Cup 2026
Virat Kohli has won the Player of the Tournament award twice in a row in the T20 World Cup.
India won the T20 World Cup 2026 title after defeating New Zealand by 96 runs in the final played in Ahmedabad on Sunday. It was their third title in the tournament’s history. Apart from this, India became the first team to win back-to-back T20 World Cup titles.
The Men in Blue became the first team to win the T20 World Cup title on home soil and the first to defend the title. Starting from June 2024, it was their third ICC title win in close to two years.
India scored a massive 255/5 in their 20 overs with contributions from Sanju Samson (89), Ishan Kishan (54), and Abhishek Sharma (52) in the final. In response, the Kiwis were bowled out for just 159 runs with Jasprit Bumrah taking 4/15.
Samson was named the Player of the Tournament while Bumrah was named the Player of the Match. Especially, Samson broke several records in this World Cup; he scored 321 runs in 5 matches. In the process, he broke Virat Kohli’s tally of 319 runs that he scored in the 2014 T20 World Cup.
Talking about Virat Kohli, of all the major records he had set in the T20 World Cup history, 19 of them were broken in the 2026 edition alone. In this article, we will look at every Kohli record that was broken in this edition of the T20 World Cup.
Sahibzada Farhan – Most runs in a T20 WC Tournament
Pakistan’s Sahibzada Farhan broke Kohli’s record for the most runs scored in a single edition of the T20 World Cup. Kohli scored 319 runs in the T20 World Cup 2014. Farhan surpassed Kohli’s tally as he ended the tournament with 383 runs from six matches at an average of 76.60 and a strike rate over 160.
He scored 2 hundreds in the tournament. Despite Farhan’s batting heroics, Pakistan failed to qualify for the knockouts. Virat Kohli remains the only cricketer to have finished as the leading run-scorer in two different T20 World Cups. Kohli amassed 319 runs in the 2014 edition and 296 runs in 2022.
Brian Bennett – Highest average in a T20 WC Tournament
Zimbabwe batter Brian Benette broke Virat’s record for having the highest average in a single edition of the T20 World Cup. Kohli averaged 106.33 in the 2014 edition, while Bennett averaged 146 in the 2026 edition. He scored 292 runs in the tournament, including a brilliant 97* in the Super 8 game against India.
Sanju Samson – Most runs for India in a T20 WC tournament
The Indian wicketkeeper-batter Sanju Samson broke as many as 10 records himself. We will have a look at every Virat Kohli record broken by him. Samson surpassed Kohli’s record for most runs for India in a single edition of the T20 World Cup.
Kohli scored 319 runs in the 2014 edition with four fifties. On the other hand, Samson went on to score 321 runs in just five matches with 3 consecutive fifties.
Most runs in Knockouts of a T20 World Cup
Samson scored 89 each in the semi-final and the final against England and New Zealand, respectively. He scored an unbeaten 97 in a virtual quarter-final against West Indies in Kolkata. In 2014, Kohli scored an unbeaten 72 in the semi-final against South Africa and 77 in the final against Sri Lanka, both in Dhaka.
Highest score for India in T20 WC final
Samson surpassed Virat Kohli’s record of scoring the most runs for India in a T20 World Cup final. Kohli scored 77 in the 2014 World Cup final against Sri Lanka and 76 in the 2024 World Cup final against South Africa. The Kerala batter scored 89 runs against the Kiwis in the final of the 2026 T20 World Cup.
Highest score for India in T20 WC chase
Samson surpassed Kohli’s score for the highest score by an Indian batter in a T20 World Cup chase. Previously, Kohli scored an unbeaten 82 off 53 balls in the 2022 T20 World Cup in Melbourne, chasing 161 to win against Pakistan.
The Kerala batter scored an unbeaten 97 off 50 balls against the West Indies in a virtual quarter-final in Kolkata in the 2026 edition. India were chasing 196 to win the match at the Eden Gardens.
Most 4s for India in a T20 WC match
Sanju Samson went on to hit 12 fours when he scored an unbeaten 97 to win the game for India against the West Indies in Kolkata. This is by far the most fours hit by an Indian batter in a T20 World Cup match across the 10 editions of the T20 World Cup.
In the 2014 World Cup, Virat Kohli hit five fours each in the semi-final and final against South Africa and Sri Lanka, respectively. He hit six fours in the T20 World Cup 2022 match against Pakistan in Melbourne.
Most runs for India in consecutive Innings
Sanju Samson scored 97*, 89, and 89 in three consecutive matches in the 2026 edition. The unbeten 97 came against the Windies, and the 89’s came against England and New Zealand.
Cumulatively, that stands to 275 runs in three innings. Kohli, in his 2014 dream run, scored 149 across the two innings in the semi-final and the final.
Most 6s in T20 WC knockouts
Sanju Samson hit seven sixes in the semi-final against England at the Wankhede Stadium. He followed it up by hitting eight more in the final against the Kiwis in Ahmedabad.
He hit 24 sixes, the most by any batter in this edition of the T20 World Cup, 15 of which came just in two matches. Kohli hit four in the 2014 final against Sri Lanka and two against the Proteas in the semi-final.
Highest score for India vs West Indies in T20 WC
Samson also overtook Kohli’s record for the most runs against the West Indies in the T20 World Cups. Previously, Kohli scored an unbeaten 89 against WI in the 2016 semi-final at the Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai. The knock came in a losing cause, unfortunately.
Samson’s unbeaten 97 at Eden Gardens in Kolkata came in a winning cause in a virtual quarter-final. It also ended the Windies’ winning streak at Eden Gardens in the T20 World Cup.
Highest T20 WC score by an Indian at Kolkata
Samson’s unbeaten 97 against the Windies was the highest score by an Indian batter at the Eden Gardens in Kolkata. Previously, it was Virat Kohli’s unbeaten 55 against Pakistan at the same venue in the 2016 T20 World Cup. Both came in winning causes.
Most minutes batted for India in the T20 WC match
Sanju Samson batted for 108 minutes in the T20 World Cup 2026 match against West Indies at the Eden Gardens in Kolkata. He went on to better this stat as well by Kohli, who batted for 98 minutes in the T20 World Cup 2022 match against Pakistan, where his unbeaten 82 won India the match in Melbourne.
Ishan Kishan – Most 4s for India in a T20 WC Tournament
Ishan Kishan, the second wicketkeeper-batter in the Indian squad for the T20 World Cup 2026, broke two Virat Kohli records himself in this edition of the tournament. We will have a look at them below.
Kishan hit 33 fours in this edition of the tournament, along with 18 sixes. He ended the season with 317 runs from nine matches. He surpassed Virat Kohli’s tally of 29 fours that he hit in the 2014 edition.
Current Indian T20I skipper features twice in this list with 26 fours in the 2022 T20 World Cup and with 21 fours in the recently concluded edition.
Most boundaries against Pakistan in a match
Kishan, during his knock of 77 against Pakistan in Colombo in this edition, hit as many as 10 fours in the match. Overall, he hit 13 boundaries in the match, including 10 fours and three sixes. Kohli, during his knock of 82* against Pakistan in Melbourne, hit six fours and a total of 10 boundaries overall.
Harry Brook – Highest score vs Pakistan in T20 WC chase
England skipper Harry Brook led his team to the T20 World Cup semi-finals. Unfortunately, his side lost to India in the knockout clash at the Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai. Brook ended the tournament with 235 runs, at an average of 29.38 and a strike rate touching 160.
Brook went on to surpass Virat Kohli’s 82* against Pakistan in Melbourne as he scored an unbeaten 100 in Colombo chasing 165 to win. The win ensured England’s passage to the Super 8s of the T20 World Cup 2026.
Finn Allen – Highest score vs South Africa in a T20 WC knockout
Kiwi opener Fin Allen ended the tournament as the second-highest run-getter for New Zealand with 298 runs at an average of 49.67 and a strike rate of exactly 200. The highest run-scorer for the Kiwis was Tim Seifert with 326 runs, averaging 46.57 and striking at 166.33.
Allen’s unbeaten 100 against South Africa in Kolkata took him past Virat Kohli’s knock of 76 that he scored in the 2024 T20 World Cup final in Barbados against the Proteas.
Pathum Nissanka – Highest unbeaten score vs Australia in T20 WC chase
Nissanka scored 211 runs in the T20 World Cup 2026. However, his batting exploits were not enough to take his team through to the knockout stages of the tournament on home soil.
Sri Lanka’s Pathum Nissanka scored an unbeaten 100 in his team’s famous win over Australia in Pallekele in this edition of the T20 World Cup.
That knock helped his side beat the Aussies by 8 wickets with the Lankans chasing 182 to win. Nissanka’s knock bettered Kohli’s 82* that he scored against the Aussies in Mohali in the 2016 edition.
Shivam Dube – Highest score by an Indian vs Netherlands in T20 WC
Shivam Dube, a powerful lower-order batsman, played a crucial role in India’s victory in this T20 World Cup. He contributed both with bat and ball in key stages of the tournament to help India win their third T20 World Cup title. He scored 235 runs with the bat and took five wickets with the ball.
Dube’s 66 off 31 against the Netherlands was the top score by an Indian against the Dutch in the T20 World Cups. He bettered Kohli’s knock of 62 off 44 balls that he scored in the 2022 T20 World Cup match at the Sydney Cricket Ground.
Suryakumar Yadav – Highest score by an Indian captain in T20 WC debut match
Suryakumar Yadav led India to their third T20 World Cup title. He won his maiden T20 World Cup title in his first tournament as a skipper.
He ended the tournament with 242 runs in 9 matches at an average of 30.25 and a strike rate touching 140. He was India’s third-highest scorer overall in the tournament.
Surya broke Kohli’s record for the highest score by an Indian skipper in a T20 World Cup debut match. He scored 84 off 49 balls against the USA, eventually helping India post 161/9 after being 46/3 inside the powerplay. India won the match by 29 runs, starting their 2026 campaign on a winning note.
Who won the T20 World Cup 2026 title?
India won the T20 World Cup 2026 title. It was their third T20 World Cup win overall.
Who was the top scorer for India in the T20 World Cup 2026?
Sanju Samson was India’s top-scorer with 321 runs in the tournament, surpassing Virat Kohli’s tally of 319 runs in the 2014 edition.
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Anshuman Roy is a senior cricket journalist with nearly a decade of experience covering the game. His love for cricket began in childhood, playing at school and college level before turning that passion into a profession. Over the years, he has written for several reputed media houses and specialises in news, features, previews, reviews, match reports, and opinion pieces.