Individual records
Batting records
Most career runs
A run is the basic means of scoring in cricket. A run is scored when the batsman hits the ball with his bat and with his partner runs the length of 22 yards (20 m) of the pitch. [38] India's Rohit Sharma has scored the most runs in T20Is with 4,231. Second is Virat Kohli of India with 4,188 ahead of Babar Azam from Pakistan in third with 4,145. Kusal Perera is the leading Sri Lankan batsmen on this list. [39]
Most runs in each batting position
Most runs against each team
Most individual score in each batting position
| Batting position | Batsman | Score | Opposition | Ground | Date | Ref |
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| Opener | Tillakaratne Dilshan | 104* |  Australia | Pallekele Cricket Stadium, Kandy, Sri Lanka | 6 August 2011 | [71] |
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| Number 3 | Kusal Perera | 101 |  New Zealand | Saxton Oval, Nelson Bangladesh | 2 January 2025 | [72] |
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| Number 4 | Mahela Jayawardene | 78 |  Ireland | Lord's, London, England | 14 June 2009 † | [73] |
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| Number 5 | Asela Gunaratne | 84* | Australia | Kardinia Park, Geelong, Australia | 19 February 2017 | [74] |
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| Number 6 | Dasun Shanaka | 74* |  India | Himachal Pradesh Cricket Association Stadium, Dharamshala, India | 27 February 2022 | [75] |
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| Number 7 | Thisara Perera | 58 |  Bangladesh | R. Premadasa International Cricket Stadium, Colombo, Sri Lanka | 16 March 2018 | [76] |
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| Number 8 | Isuru Udana | 84* |  South Africa | Centurion Park, Centurion, South Africa | 22 March 2019 | [77] |
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| Number 9 | Lasith Malinga | 27 | New Zealand | Eden Park, Auckland, New Zealand | 26 December 2006 | [78] |
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| Number 10 | Dilhara Fernando | 21 | [79] |
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| Number 11 | Maheesh Theekshana | 11* |  Namibia | Kardinia Park, Geelong, Australia | 16 October 2022 | [80] |
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| Last Updated: 2 January 2025 |
Highest individual score – progression of record
Highest score against each opponent
Highest career average
A batsman's batting average is the total number of runs they have scored divided by the number of times they have been dismissed. [81]
Highest Average in each batting position
Most half-centuries
A half-century is a score of between 50 and 99 runs. Statistically, once a batsman's score reaches 100, it is no longer considered a half-century but a century.
Virat Kohli of India has scored the most half-centuries in T20Is with 38. He is followed by Pakistan's Babar Azam on 36 & India's Rohit Sharma with 32, Pakistan's Mohammad Rizwan on 29. Kushal Perera has the most half-centuries among Sri Lankan batsmen. [93]
Highest strike rates
Suryakumar Yadav of India holds the record for highest strike rate, with minimum 250 balls faced qualification, with 179.56. [99] Thisara Perera is the Sri Lankan with the highest strike rate.
Highest strike rates in an inning
Dwayne Smith of West Indies strike rate of 414.28 during his 29 off 7 balls against Bangladesh during 2007 ICC World Twenty20 is the world record for highest strike rate in an innings. Jehan Mubarak with his innings of 46* off 13 balls against Kenya in the same tournament holds the top position for a Sri Lanka player in this list. [101]
Most runs in a calendar year
Mohammad Rizwan of Pakistan holds the record for most runs scored in a calendar year with 1,326 runs scored in 2021. Pathum Nissanka scored 713 runs in 2022, the most for a Sri Lanka batsmen in a year. [103]
Best career average
A bowler's bowling average is the total number of runs they have conceded divided by the number of wickets they have taken. Nepalan's Sandeep Lamichhane holds the record for the best career average in T20Is with 12.56. Ajantha Mendis, Sri Lankan cricketer, is second behind Sandeep with an overall career average of 14.42 runs per wicket. [133]
Best career economy rate
A bowler's economy rate is the total number of runs they have conceded divided by the number of overs they have bowled. [107] New Zealand's Daniel Vettori, holds the T20I record for the best career economy rate with 5.70. Mendis, with a rate of 6.45 runs per over conceded over his 39-match T20I career, is the highest Sri Lankan on the list. [135]
Best career strike rate
A bowler's strike rate is the total number of balls they have bowled divided by the number of wickets they have taken. [107] The top bowler with the best T20I career strike rate is Rashid Khan of Afghanistan with strike rate of 12.3 balls per wicket. Ajantha Mendis is the Sri Lankan bowler with the lowest strike rate. [137]
Most four-wickets (& over) hauls in an innings
Pakistan's Umar Gul, Afghanistan's Rashid Khan & Bangladesh's Shakib Al Hasan has taken the most four-wickets (or over) among all the bowlers. Mendis has taken the most such hauls among Sri Lankan bowlers. [139]
Most five-wickets (& over) hauls in an innings
A five-wicket haul refers to a bowler taking five wickets in a single innings.
Best strike rates in an inning
The best strike rate in an inning, when a minimum of 4 wickets are taken by the player, is by Steve Tikolo of Kenya during his spell of 4/2 in 1.2 overs against Scotland during the 2013 ICC World Twenty20 Qualifier at ICC Academy, Dubai, UAE. Ajantha Mendis during both six-wicket spells in an inning also recorded the best strike rate for a Sri Lankan bowler. [143]
Most runs conceded in a match
Kasun Rajitha also holds the dubious distinction of most runs conceded in a T20I during the aforementioned match. [148]
Most wickets in a calendar year
Sri Lanka's Wanindu Hasaranga holds the record for most wickets taken in a year when he took 36 wickets in 2021, 34 wickets in 2022 & 23 wickets in 2024. Dushmantha Chameera with 22 wickets in 2021 and Maheesh Theekshana in 2022 jointly hold the Sri Lankan record for most wickets in a year. [150]
Wicket-keeping records
The wicket-keeper is a specialist fielder who stands behind the stumps being guarded by the batsman on strike and is the only member of the fielding side allowed to wear gloves and leg pads. [161]
Most career dismissals
A wicket-keeper can be credited with the dismissal of a batsman in two ways, caught or stumped. A fair catch is taken when the ball is caught fully within the field of play without it bouncing after the ball has touched the striker's bat or glove holding the bat, [162] [163] Laws 5.6.2.2 and 5.6.2.3 state that the hand or the glove holding the bat shall be regarded as the ball striking or touching the bat while a stumping occurs when the wicket-keeper puts down the wicket while the batsman is out of his ground and not attempting a run. [164] Kumar Sangakkara is the highest ranked Sri Lankan wicket keeper in the all-time list of taking most dismissals in T20Is as a designated wicket-keeper, which is headed by India's MS Dhoni and West Indian Denesh Ramdin. [165]
Most career catches
Sangakkara has taken the most catches in T20Is as a designated wicket-keeper with Dhoni and Ramdin leading the all-time list. [167]
Most career stumpings
Sangakkara has made the most stumpings in T20Is as a designated wicket-keeper among Sri Lankan wicket-keepers with Dhoni and Kamran Akmal of Pakistan heading this all-time list. [169]
Most dismissals in an innings
Four wicket-keepers on four occasions have taken five dismissals in a single innings in a T20I. [171]
The feat of taking 4 dismissals in an innings has been achieved by 19 wicket-keepers on 26 occasions with Dinesh Chandimal being the only Sri Lankan wicket-keeper. [172]
Most career catches
Caught is one of the nine methods a batsman can be dismissed in cricket. [a] The majority of catches are caught in the slips, located behind the batsman, next to the wicket-keeper, on the off side of the field. Most slip fielders are top order batsmen. [177] [178]
South Africa's David Miller holds the record for the most catches in T20Is by a non-wicket-keeper with 62, followed by New Zealand's Martin Guptill with 58 and Shoaib Malik of Pakistan on 50. Thisara Perera is the leading catcher for Sri Lanka. [179]
Most catches in an innings
The feat of taking 4 catches in an innings has been achieved by 14 fielders on 14 occasions with Chandimal being the only Sri Lankan fielder. [181] [182]
Other records
Most career matches
India's Rohit Sharma holds the record for the most T20I matches played with 148, followed by Shoaib Malik of Pakistan with 124 and Martin Guptil of New Zealand with 122 games. Dasun is the most experienced Sri Lankan player having represented the team on 88 occasions. [187]
Most consecutive career matches
Afghanistan's Mohammad Shahzad and Asghar Afghan hold the record for the most consecutive T20I matches played with 58. Angelo Mathews holds the Sri Lankan record. [189]
Most matches as captain
MS Dhoni, who led the Indian cricket team from 2007 to 2016, holds the record for the most matches played as captain in T20Is with 72. Dasun Shanaka has led Sri Lanka in 46 matches, the most for any player from his country. [190]
Most man of the match awards
Most man of the series awards
Oldest Players
The Turkish batsmen Osman Göker is the oldest player to appear in a T20I match during the same above mentioned match. [202]
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