Three batters with most T20I runs for India in 2023

India has completed its T20I assignment for 2023. The year started on a good note for India as they defeated Sri Lanka by a margin of 3-0 in the series. They also defeated New Zealand in the T20I series. India later took on West Indies in a 5-match series. India played Ireland in 3 matches in T20Is. After the conclusion of the ODI World Cup 2023, India played five matches against Australia and two matches against South Africa. A total of 21 matches were played by India in the year, apart from the Asian Games 2023, where a young team won the gold medal.

No player from India played all the matches. But many played a lot of matches and got some exposure for themselves ahead of the T20 World Cup 2024. The batters shined in many series that India won in the year. The world number-one side lost only one series in the year, against the West Indies, drew against South Africa, and won all the other series. Some of the batters in the year were exceptional. Many batters batted aggressively and were exciting to watch. The Indian batters entertained the crowd with their batting and helped the team to win the games.

Here are the three batters with the most runs for India in the shortest format of the game in 2023.

#3 Ruturaj Gaikwad

Ruturaj Gaikwad had a good series with the bat against Australia. Gaikwad was the Indian captain in the Asian Games 2023, where India won the gold medal. In the tournament, his captaincy was appreciated. Soon after that, Gaikwad was named in the T20I series against Australia. In the series, Gaikwad scored his maiden T20I hundred and impressed everyone with his batting. The right-handed batter has been the third-highest run scorer for India in 2023. In total, Gaikwad played 10 matches in the year 2023 for India.

In 9 innings as a batter, Gaikwad scored 365 runs at a batting average of 60.83, at a batting strike rate of 147.17, including a hundred and two fifty-plus scores. Against Australia, Gaikwad scored an unbeaten 123* despite not starting the innings on a good note. The efforts of Gaikwad went in vain as India lost the match by five wickets. But it was the best knock played by Gaikwad in his T20I career. In the upcoming days, India will be expecting more from the talented batter, who has a lot of cricket ahead of him. He would be looking forward to securing a spot in the T20 WC 2024.