West Indies batter Nicholas Pooran made history on Friday at Tarouba, breaking Pakistan’s Mohammed Rizwan’s world record for most runs in T20s in a calendar year.

The southpaw accomplished this historic high in the Caribbean Premier League (CPL) 2024 game for his side Trinbago Knight Riders against Barbados Royals.

In the game, Pooran continued his fine form in the league and T20s this year with a short, but an impactful 15-ball cameo of 27 runs, consisting of four boundaries and a six. His runs came at a strike rate of 180.00.

Pooran is the leading run-getter in T20s this year, with 2,059 runs in 66 matches and 65 innings at an average of 42.02, with a strike rate of 160.85 and best score of 98. He has scored 14 half-centuries this year. He has smacked 139 fours and 152 this year.

In CPL 2024, Pooran has scored 312 runs in nine innings at an average of 39.00, with a strike rate of 175.28 and best score of 97. He has two half-centuries in the competition and is the fourth-highest run-getter.

Rizwan’s record was scoring 2,036 runs in 48 T20s back in 2021 at an average of 56.60 and a strike rate of over 132, with a century and 18 fifties. His best score was 104*.

Pooran has displayed some incredible batting form in major T20 leagues and competition this year. Some of his notable performances came in the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2024, in which he scored 499 runs at an average of 62.37, with three fifties and strike rate of 178.21, with his best score being 75. He finished as the eight-highest run-getter.

In the T20 World Cup held at USA and West Indies, Pooran was the sixth-highest run-maker with 228 runs in seven innings at an average of 38.00, with a fifty and best score of 98.

In the International League T20 season this year in UAE, Pooran led MI Emirates to the title with a brilliant campaign of 709 runs in 20 matches at an average of 50.64, with four fifties and a strike rate of 155.14. He was the third-highest run-getter in the tournament.

In 13 T20Is for West Indies, he has scored 384 runs at an average of 34.90, with a strike rate of over 157, two half-centuries and best score of 98.

Earlier in CPL 2024, Pooran went past legendary Chris Gayle’s world record of 135 sixes in T20 cricket during a calendar year and cracked the 150-sixes mark recently, becoming the first player to do so.

The following table lists the batsmen who have scored 1500 plus runs in Twenty20 games in a Calender year

No	Player	Year	M	I	NO	Runs	HS	C	HC	0s	4s	6s
1	N Pooran	2024	66	65	16	2059	98	0	14	2	139	152
2	Mohammad Rizwan	2021	48	45	9	2036	104*	1	18	3	196	57
3	AD Hales	2022	61	61	4	1946	91	0	17	3	218	80
4	JC Buttler	2023	56	55	3	1833	95	0	17	6	165	77
5	Mohammad Rizwan	2022	44	44	8	1817	88*	0	20	1	148	42
6	Babar Azam	2021	46	43	6	1779	122	2	18	3	186	36
7	CH Gayle	2015	36	36	8	1665	151*	3	10	0	123	135
8	Shan Masood	2022	55	53	8	1643	88	0	14	3	168	26
9	V Kohli	2016	31	29	11	1614	113	4	14	1	153	47
10	Babar Azam	2019	39	39	4	1607	102*	3	12	2	168	35
11	AB de Villiers	2019	43	43	13	1580	100*	1	14	0	115	79
12	JC Buttler	2022	38	38	4	1570	116	4	10	2	151	74
13	RR Hendricks	2024	59	57	7	1555	90	0	14	6	138	60
14	CH Gayle	2012	40	38	6	1532	128*	3	13	2	100	121
15	C Munro	2018	48	48	3	1530	104	1	12	4	142	82
16	BB McCullum	2017	59	58	6	1518	91	0	11	5	131	94
17	SA Yadav	2022	41	41	8	1503	117	2	12	3	133	85

Babar Azam, CH Gayle, JC Buttler and Mohammad Rizwan are the four batsman who have scored 1500 plus runs in T20 games in two separate Calendar years

No	Player	Year	M	I	NO	Runs	HS	C	HC	0s	4s	6s
1	Babar Azam	2021	46	43	6	1779	122	2	18	3	186	36
2	Babar Azam	2019	39	39	4	1607	102*	3	12	2	168	35
1	CH Gayle	2015	36	36	8	1665	151*	3	10	0	123	135
2	CH Gayle	2012	40	38	6	1532	128*	3	13	2	100	121
1	JC Buttler	2023	56	55	3	1833	95	0	17	6	165	77
2	JC Buttler	2022	38	38	4	1570	116	4	10	2	151	74
1	Mohammad Rizwan	2021	48	45	9	2036	104*	1	18	3	196	57
2	Mohammad Rizwan	2022	44	44	8	1817	88*	0	20	1	148	42

JC Buttler and Mohammad Rizwan are the two batsman who have scored 1500 plus runs in T20 games in consective Calendar years

No	Player	Year	M	I	NO	Runs	HS	C	HC	0s	4s	6s
1	JC Buttler	2022	38	38	4	1570	116	4	10	2	151	74
2	JC Buttler	2023	56	55	3	1833	95	0	17	6	165	77
1	Mohammad Rizwan	2021	48	45	9	2036	104*	1	18	3	196	57
2	Mohammad Rizwan	2022	44	44	8	1817	88*	0	20	1	148	42