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In a game of cricket, there have been several cricketers who have different titles by the fans for their performance over the years. If we talk about the God of cricket, former India legend Sachin Tendulkar earned this title for his contribution to the sport in the 24 years of his international career. However, Sachin earned the title of God of cricket when T20 cricket didn’t get much popularity.
Being all-time leading run scorer in Tests and ODIs, Sachin has played just one T20I game in his career where he could only amass 10 runs. Over the years, there have been several players who turned out to stars of the shorter format of the game. As Sachin is already crowned as the God of cricket, it will be interesting to see which player deserves this title in the T20 format. In the following listicle, we will have at the players who can earn the title of God of cricket in the T20 format.
Rohit Sharma
Current India ODI captain Rohit Sharma went on to become the legend of the T20 format. He is currently the all–time leading runs scorer of the format with and has shattered several records while playing T20Is. From most hundreds in the format to fastest T20I hundred by an Indian, Rohit proved himself to be an absolute beast to play for India in the shorter format. Apart from his international career, Rohit also excelled as captain for Mumbai Indians in the IPL and led the franchise to the title five times in the biggest franchise league in the world. He has amassed 12248 runs from 463 T20 matches including 4231 from 159 international T20 matches. Rohit ended his T20I career on a high note when he led India to the T20 World Cup title in 2024, having won the title two times in his career.
Chris Gayle
West Indies legend Chris Gayle is an absolute of the T20 format and is the first-ever player to reach the milestone of 10000 runs in the shorter format. Two-time T20 World champion, Gayle has excelled not just in international cricket but also turned out to be a nightmare for the bowlers in the several T20 cricket league across the world including IPL, CPL, BBL and more. His record-breaking knock of 175* runs during IPL 2013 is still untouched. Overall, Gayle has scored 14562 runs from 463 matches in his T20 career including 1899 from 79 international T20s.
Rashid Khan
Star Afghan spinner Rashid Khan went on to become one of the best players in T20 cricket. He is on the verge of becoming all-time leading wicket taker in the T20I format. Apart from that, he also has great number across different franchise cricket leagues in the world. Not just with his bowling, Rashid can also turn out to handy batter who can turn the game around in a few balls and is known for his fiery batting. From 477 matches in his T20 career. Rashid has scalped 643 wickets with ball and scored 2589 runs with bat.
