– Vinay Kumar
A new record has been added to Australia T20I team captain Aaron Finch. In the first match of the 3-match series of AUS vs ENG T20I Series, 2022, on Sunday, 9 October, Aaron Finch in T20 Cricket crossed the three thousand runs mark. He is the first batsman in the history of Australian cricket to do so.
However, in the first match of the series played in Perth, he was run out after scoring 12 runs in 7G River. But, he touched the milestone of 3 thousand runs in T20 cricket. Significantly, Aaron Finch has touched the 3,000-run mark in 98 matches played so far in international T20 cricket at an average of 34.48.
Records show that this figure also includes 2 wonderful centuries and 18 half-centuries in his account. His best score in an innings is 172 runs. Talking about the year 2022, Aaron Finch has scored 392 runs at an average of 28.00 in the total T20Is he has played so far. This year the best score from his bat has been 61 not out.
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Significantly, apart from Aaron Finch, there are only 5 other batsmen in the world who have touched the 3,000-run mark in T20I cricket. See their list:
1. Rohit Sharma has scored 3337 runs in 142 matches at an average of 31.94.
2. Virat Kohli has scored a total of 3712 runs in 109 matches played so far at an average of 50.84.
3. Martin Guptill has scored a total of 3497 runs in 121 matches played so far at an average of 31.79.
4. Babar Azam has scored 3140 runs in just 89 matches at an average of 44.22.
5. Stirling has scored a total of 3011 runs in 114 matches played so far at an average of 38.67.
6. Aaron Finch has also touched 3000 runs in just 98 matches played so far at an average of 34.48.