Overview
- Kishan reached the new Indian calendar-year total during the fifth T20I against New Zealand on Sunday, November 1, 2026, hitting a six early and finishing with 61 off 32 balls to move to 1,165 runs in 37 matches.
- He surpassed Suryakumar Yadav’s 2022 Indian benchmark of 1,164 runs, a mark set in fewer matches which highlights differences in match volume as well as scoring rate.
- Abhishek Sharma had a chance to overtake Suryakumar’s mark in the same game but was dismissed for 1 by Adam Milne early in India’s innings.
- For the 2026 Indian season leaderboard, Kishan leads closely with Abhishek Sharma and is followed by Sanju Samson, who finished the year with 810 runs and earned Player of the Tournament at the 2026 T20 World Cup.
- The all-time world calendar-year record remains Karanbir Singh’s 1,488 runs for Austria in 2025, underscoring that calendar-year totals mix individual form with how many international T20 fixtures a player has played.