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Jos Buttler becomes all-time T20 run leader
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In late July 2026 England’s Jos Buttler moved past West Indies great Chris Gayle to become the second‑highest run‑scorer in Twenty‑20 men’s T20 cricket, trailing Kieron Pollard by 231 runs. A week later, on 5 August 2026, while playing for the Manchester Super Giants in The Hundred, Buttler hit an unbeaten 51 from 20 balls (two fours, six sixes) to chase down 156 in 69 deliveries, securing a nine‑wicket win over Welsh Fire. The innings lifted his career total to 14,833 runs from 522 matches, overtaking Pollard’s 14,803 and making Buttler the all‑time leading run‑getter in the format. He noted that After the milestone, he highlighted 15‑year‑old Indian prodigy Vaibhav Sooryavanshi could eventually challenge the record, highlighting as a future challenger, noting that Sooryavanshi has already amassed 776 IPL runs at an average of 48 and a strike‑rate of 237, plus 151 runs in three T20‑I matches against Zimbabwe, earning the evolving nature series Player of T20 scoring milestones. the Series award.
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- 2026-08-06 08:17 UTC Jos Buttler becomes all-time T20 run leader
- 2026-08-06 04:32 UTC Jos Buttler becomes all-time T20 run leader
- 2026-08-06 02:56 UTC Jos Buttler T20 run record
- 2026-08-05 19:32 UTC Jos Buttler T20 run record
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