Rohit Sharma No. 1, Hetmyer Poses Threat To Kohli; Most Runs In IND Vs WI T20

New Delhi: The five-match T20I series between India and West Indies begins today, Tuesday, October 6th. The first match of the series will be played at the Bharat Ratna Shri Atal Bihari Vajpayee Ekana Cricket Stadium in Lucknow. The IND vs WI first T20I will begin at 7:00 PM IST, with the two captains, Shreyas Iyer and Shai Hope, taking the field for the toss half an hour earlier, at 6:30 PM. Batsmen will once again dominate this series. Before the series begins, let's take a look at the players who have scored the most runs in the India vs West Indies T20I series so far. It's worth noting that only one player from either team is in the top five of this list.

Rohit Sharma is number 1

Even today, Hitman Rohit Sharma is at the top of the top 5 batsmen who scored the most runs in the IND vs WI T20 series. Rohit Sharma has thrashed the West Indies bowlers. In the 22 matches played against this team in maroon jersey , Rohit has scored the highest 693 runs with an average of 38.50 and a strike rate of 142.88. He is the only batsman to cross the 600-run mark in the T20 series played between these two teams. Hitman retired from this format after winning the 2024 T20 World Cup, while he was at the peak of his career.

Two former Indian captains are also in the top 5

Two more Indians in the top five are Virat Kohli and Suryakumar Yadav . Like Rohit, Kohli also retired from the format after winning the 2024 T20 World Cup. He scored 570 runs in 13 innings of 14 matches against the West Indies at an average of 57 and a strike rate of 142.88, placing him third on the list. Suryakumar Yadav, with 426 runs, is just behind Virat Kohli at fourth. Suryakumar Yadav has not retired. He has been out of the team since winning the 2026 T20 World Cup due to poor form.

Two West Indies players are on the list, one is part of the current series

Two West Indies players are among the top five highest run-scorers in the India vs. West Indies T20I series. Nicholas Pooran is second on the list with 592 runs in 20 matches. Shimron Hetmyer is last on the list with 422 runs. Hetmyer is part of the current series and is coming into this series riding high on his form from the CPL . Pooran, Kohli, and Surya could be threatened by him.

At which number are the players of the current Indian team

Among the current Indian team players, vice-captain Tilak Varma is ranked 14th on the list with 200 runs in 6 matches. Sanju Samson is ranked 18th on the list with 174 runs in 6 innings of 8 matches. Samson played an unbeaten inning of 97 runs against West Indies in the virtual quarter-finals of the T20 World Cup 2026. Ishan Kishan is ranked 23rd on the list with 125 runs in 7 matches.