Shoaib Malik of Pakistan became the third batsman in the history of T20Is to aggregate 2000 plus runs after MJ Guptill and BB McCullum.  The following table lists the six batsmen who have totalled 1900 plus runs in  the history of T20 Internationals.

Shoaib Malik who was in need of eleven runs prior to the start of the Zimbabwe tri series involving Zimbabwe, Austrlia and Pakistan at Harare. He completed 2000 runs when he was on 11 against Zimbabwe at Harare on 01.07.18 during his knock of 37 not out. His  run aggregate read 2026 at the end of  the game

Shoaib Malik went past V Kohli and RG Sharma of India who had totalled 1992  and  1949 T20I runs respectively. It was wide believed that V Kohli would become the third batsman to reach the land mark of 2000 runs in T20Is, as he needed 17 runs prior to the start of T20I games against  Ireland. He scored a duck in the first game and nine runs in the second to reach  an aggregate of 1992 – eight runs shy of 2000 mark.

No	Player	Team	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Ave	C	HC	0	4s	6s
1	MJ Guptill	NZl	75	73	07	2271	105	34.40	2	14	2	200	103
2	BB McCullum	NZl	71	70	10	2140	123	35.66	2	13	3	199	91
3	Shoaib Malik	Pak/ICC	99	92	28	2026	075	31.65	0	07	1	162	57
4	V Kohli	Ind	59	55	14	1992	090*	48.58	0	18	2	211	41
5	RG Sharma	Ind	81	74	12	1949	118	31.43	2	15	6	175	83
6	Mohd Shahzad	Afg	63	63	03	1906	118*	31.76	1	12	3	216	70

Shoib Malik became  the third batsman to aggregate 2000 plus runs representing a nation in the history of T20 Internationals. He has an aggregate of 2014 runs representing Pakistan. He  has represented ICC World Eleven and has scored 12 runs.