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Jos Buttler overtakes Virat Kohli: England’s opener Jos Buttler created a stir in the cricket world by playing a historic inning of 131 runs on 64 balls in the fifth T20 match against India. On the basis of this innings of 12 fours and 8 sixes, Butler has overtaken Virat Kohli to become the third batsman to score the most runs in T20 International cricket. Along with this, he also broke Evin Lewis’ 9 year old record of making the highest individual score in T20 history against India.
England’s explosive opening batsman Jos Buttler has played such a historic innings in the fifth and final T20 International match against India, which has created a stir in the cricket world. In this match played at ‘The Rose Bowl’ ground in Southampton, Butler not only destroyed many old records by demolishing the Indian bowlers but also put his team in a very strong position. Jos Buttler, who came to open the innings for England, looked in tremendous form. He faced just 64 balls and played an incredible inning of 131 runs, hitting fours and sixes all around the ground. During his explosive innings, Butler did not give any chance to the opposition bowlers and proved his form.
The most special thing about this innings of 131 runs by Jos Buttler was its aggression. While staying on the field, he completely pushed the Indian bowling attack on the backfoot. Butler hit a total of 12 brilliant fours and 8 skyscraper sixes in his innings. This means that he scored 96 runs of his innings only through boundaries (fours and sixes).
On the basis of his great innings of 131 runs, Jos Buttler has achieved a huge milestone in T20 International cricket. He has left behind India’s legendary batsman Virat Kohli’s record of runs in T20 International cricket. Virat Kohli played a total of 125 T20 matches for India between 2010 and 2024, in which he scored 4188 runs at an excellent average of 48.69. Now Butler has gone ahead of him.
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With the help of this inning, Butler has taken the total runs of his T20 international career to 4212. With this, he has now occupied the third position in the list of batsmen who have scored the most T20 International runs in the world. Buttler is playing his 160th T20 International match on 11 July 2026 and his strike rate in this format is 148.93, which now includes 2 centuries and 28 half-centuries.
The record of scoring the most T20 international runs in the world is currently in the name of Pakistan captain Babar Azam. This right-handed batsman from Lahore has scored 4596 runs in 145 matches between 2016 and 2026, in which his average was 38.94. India’s Rohit Sharma is at second place in this list, who has scored 4231 runs in 151 innings of 159 matches between 2007 and 2024 at a strike rate of 140.89. Butler has now come very close to breaking Rohit Sharma’s record.
This inning of 131 runs scored by Jos Buttler has now become the highest individual score made by any batsman against India in the history of T20 International cricket. In this matter, Butler has made an almost 9 year old record of a dreaded batsman of West Indies.
Before Butler, the record of playing the biggest innings in T20 International against India was held by West Indies opening batsman Evin Lewis. Lewis played an unbeaten inning of 125 runs in just 62 balls while playing against India in Kingston on 9 July 2017. Lewis had hit 12 fours and 6 sixes in that innings. Now Butler’s innings of 131 runs has left behind Lewis’s record of 125 runs.
On the field, Butler also got excellent support from England captain Harry Brook. For the second wicket, these two batsmen spoiled the line-length of the Indian bowlers and made a record-breaking partnership of 233 runs in just 102 balls. During this time, captain Harry Brook also played a very fast inning of 95 runs in just 45 balls, in which he hit shots in every corner of the field.
Thanks to Butler’s 131 and Harry Brook’s storm of 95 runs, England scored a mountain-like score of 257 runs at the loss of 3 wickets in the stipulated 20 overs. This match proved to be a nightmare for the Indian bowlers, where the English batsmen did not let the pace of runs slow down from the beginning till the end and gave the Indian team a seemingly impossible target to win the match.
This match is the last and fifth match of this five-match T20 series. If the England team succeeds in defeating India in this match, then it will not only win the series by a huge margin of 4-0, but will also become the world’s number-1 team in the ICC men’s T20 team rankings. In such a situation, this innings of Butler is going to prove to be a milestone for English cricket.
