T20 is the most exciting form of cricket game. In this post, we will talk about the greatest T20 batsmen of all time.

Cricket is the most followed sport after Football. T20 cricket is the quickest format of the game. T20 is popular among cricket fans due to its short format. There is no doubt that the T20 format will gain more popularity in the future. It could even possible that we can see T20 cricket featured in the Olympics in the near future.

T20 cricket gave the fans joy and excitement and the moments to cherish. Batting for 5 days in tests and one day in ODIs have changed now. In this post, we will talk about the greatest T20 batsmen of all time.

Greatest T20 Batsmen of All Time

10. Shahid Afridi

Shahid Afridi is one of the most explosive T20 batsmen. He is one of the best match winners for Pakistan. Pakistan showstopper has played 99 T20 international cricket and scored 1416 runs with an impressive strike rate of 150.00. He is also handy with the ball taking 98 wickets during his whole career. No doubt he is one of the best all-rounder T20 cricket has ever seen. He also played an important part when Pakistan won the T20 world cup in 2009.

9. JP Duminy

JP Duminy is one of the classy batsmen in T20 cricket. He proved that power is not everything. he has been the most consistent batsman in T20 cricket for South Africa. Jp Duminy always stepped up for South Africa when it needed the most. He is one of the most dynamic T20 players around. He played around 81 T20i matches and scored 1934 runs for Proteas with an impressive strike rate of 126.24.

JP Duminy had vast expertise in playing in multiple T20 tournaments around the world including the Indian Premier League, the Pakistan Super League, and the Global T20 Canada tournament.

8. AB De Villiers

AB De Villiers is the superman of cricket. He is one of the most complete T20 batsmen of all time. He has a range of shots and had complete control over them. AB has produced some of the unbelievable innings in T20 history. Many legends have rated him the greatest and complete player in the history of the game.

There is no cricketing shot De Villiers cant play. In his T20 career, he has played 78 games and has scored 1,672 runs at a strike rate of 135.17. It is impossible to stop AB De Villiers when he is in complete flow.

7. David Warner

David Warner has started his cricketing career as the proper T20 batsman. There is no doubt that he is one of the most explosive T20 batsmen the world has ever seen. The pocket dynamite has been exceptional for Australia in the shortest format of the game. When he is in full flow nobody can stop him from scoring runs.

Warner has played a total of 81 games and scored 2265 runs at an average of 31.46. There’s no doubt that he will finish his career as one of the best T20 batsmen ever in cricket history.

6. Kevin Pietersen

Kevin Pietersen is one of the best hard hitters in T20 cricket history. His premature departure from the England Cricket team is the reason for the fallout of his T20 career. He was one of the dominant batsmen for England in the 2010 T20 world cup. He helped the England cricket team to win their first T20 world cup.

Kp has played 37 games and scored 1176 at an impressive average of 37.94 and a strike rate of 141.52. Pietersen’s T20 career is short but is much impressive than any other players on this list. KP was the entertainer and he never disappointed with his bat. Pietersen is truly one of the best in T20 cricket ever. Pietersen holds the sixth spot in the list of greatest T20 batsmen of all time.

5. Tillakaratne Dilshan

Tillakaratne Dilshan is one of the most exceptional and innovative player T20 cricket has ever seen. He was the backbone of the Sri Lankan team in the T20s. Dilshan always stepped up when it needed the most. He has a different range of shots that helped him to pick boundaries in any situation during the game.

Dilshan has played 80 matches in which he scored 1889 runs with an exceptional strike rate of 120.47. He scored 104 against Australia in 2011 which is the highest individual score in T20I by a Sri Lankan. Dilshan also was the first player to score a T20I century as captain and he is the only captain to score a T20I century in a winning cause.

4. Martin Guptill

Martin Guptill is one of the most elegant batsmen in T20 cricket. The way Guptill score big sixes is just amazing to watch. He is said to be the most effortless player in T20 cricket. Guptill has played 94 T20i matches in which he scored a total of 2621 runs with a strike rate of 134.62.

Till February 2019, Guptill was the second-highest run-scorer in T20I cricket which was later broken by Rohit Sharma. Guptill just needs to be fit and he can smash any T20 records in his career.

3. Chris Gayle

Chris gayle does not need any introduction here. The Universe Boss is the most dangerous player when it comes to the shorter format of the game. Gayle’s presence on the batting pitch could create havoc for the opposition team. Gayle has played 58 games and scored 1627 runs with an impressive average of 32.54. Gayle’s strike rate of 142.84 is one of the best in T20 cricket.

He’s the only batsman to score two World T20 tons. Gayle has the Second most sixes in T20I (103) ever. He also holds the record of most number of sixes hit by an individual at T20WC History (60). Chris Gayle is our pick for number 3 in the list of greatest T20 batsmen of all time.

2. Virat Kohli

Virat Kohli is one of the best players in all three formats of the game. He is the modern great in world cricket. His T20 stats are outstanding to prove the dominance of king Kohli in T20 cricket. Virat Kohli had played a total of 85 matches scoring 2928 runs at an astonishing average of 50.5.

Virat Kohli has numerous records in his name. He is the fastest player to score 1000 runs in T20 cricket. he also holds the highest batting average and most man of the match award in T20 cricket. Virat Kohli is a blend of class and elegance. He sticks to the basics and plays the normal cricket shots and still on the top of the list In the greatest T20 batsmen of all time.

1. Brendan McCullum

Brendan McCullum is the most fearsome and game-changer batsmen in T20 cricket. He is still one of the best and tops the list of the greatest T20 batsmen of all time. He had won so many matches for the New Zealand team and one of the greatest players New Zealand has ever produced. McCullum always played with the same aggression and mindset without thinking about who the bowler is.

McCullum has played 71 T20I matches and scored 2140 runs. He scored the run with an astonishing average of 35.67 and a strike rate of 136.22. In the 2012 ICC World Twenty20 tournament in Sri Lanka, McCullum scored unbelievable 123 runs against Bangladesh creating a new record for the highest T20 Individual score and becoming the first player ever to score two Twenty20 International centuries. This record was later broken by Aaron Finch when he scored 156 against England. There is no doubt that Brendon McCullum is the greatest T20 batsman of all time.

Now we will talk about best t20 cricketers and players of all time

Best T20 Cricketers and players of all time

Jasprit Bumrah

Jusprit Bumrah is one of the top T20 bowlers the world cricket has ever seen. He is just phenomenal for Mumbai Indians in IPL. Bumrah’s accuracy and his lethal yorkers are treat to watch. His economical bowling helped Mumbai Indians to win so many matches.

Bumrah’s death bowling is the key reason for the success of Mumbai Indians. Due to his pace and accuracy, he has always been a threat to the opposition team. Bumrah always performed when it needed the most and that’s why he is one of the best T20 players of all time.

Lasith Malinga

Lasith Malinga is the greatest fast bowler T20 cricket has ever seen. The king of toe crushing yorkers and the most deadly bowler at the death overs. Malinga’s capability of delivering yorkers is unmatchable. Nobody delivers a yorker as perfect as Malinga.

He has always been brilliant for his franchises and has been the star performer in every T20 league he played. Malinga variation with pace and slow yorker is the most effective weapon for any opposition team. Lasith Malinga also helped Mumbai Indians to win Indian Premier League titles multiple times.

Rashid Khan

Rashid Khan does not need any introduction here. He is one of the top and the most economical spinners in T20 cricket. he has the ability to change any game at any point in time. It would not be wrong to say that Rashid is the greatest T20 bowler the world has ever seen.

Rashid has been a fan of the legendary leg-spinner Shane Warne. He has established himself as one of the greatest T20 players of all time. On November 20 he won the ICC T20I Cricketer of the Decade award. He has proved his potential in a different league around the world. Rashid has also been phenomenal with the bat at lower order and a great fielder too.

Sunil Narine

If Chris Gayle is the legend in T20 batting then Sunil Narine is the legend in T20 bowling. He is known as a mystery bowler due to his bowling. His ball movements on the pitch are impossible to read for any batsmen around the world. He is the most effectibe bowler in any given condition.

His economy in T20 cricket is still unmatchable and may never be repeated again. The best part is that Narine is maintaining his accuracy and economy for more than a decade now and still regarded as one of the best T20 spinners of all time. He has also been a threat to the opposition team with his immense hitting skills.

Andre Russell

Andre Russell is the most explosive batsman in T20 history. The way he eases the ball into the stands is just amazing to watch. When Russell is on the crease any target looks achievable. He has become a great asset and a great game-changer who can change any game with his power hitting.

His fitness also played a vital role in his pinch-hitting skills. He has changed the course of multiple games for his club. He is also a brilliant bowler who can play a crucial part as a fifth bowling option. His contribution with the bat and ball made him one of the most explosive T20 player of all time.

Kieron Pollard

Pollard is the complete package for any team. He can do everything for the team. He can score quick runs he can bowl and pick crucial wickets he can take amazing catches. Having A huge powerful structure, a clean striker of the ball, and finishing skills par excellence make him one of the best T20 players ever.

Pollard has been phenomenal for all his franchises. He was rated as one of the most lethal destructive batsmen T20 cricket has ever seen. His contribution to the bat ball and field makes him a key factor for any team.

AB De Villiers

AB De Villiers is Mr 360 for a reason. He has a range of shots and can score in any part of the field. His capability of scoring in big matches and versatility of changing the game makes him the most consistent T20 player of all time. AB had featured in different leagues in all parts of the world.

His technique is par excellence and his extraordinary playing style amazes every fan around the world. De Villiers is as classy as innovative. There are only a few players who can play both classic and unorthodox shots and De Villiers is one of them. He is one of a player who is consistent in different batting positions.

Shane Watson

Shane Watson is the greatest all-around player in T20 cricket. We will not see any player more influential with the bat and ball ever in T20 cricket. When Watson is in the form he can break any bowling line up in the world. He is one of the most commanding batsmen in the world. when you talk about the best T20 all-rounder you have to talk about Watson.

Watson’s contribution to the T20 tournament can’t be replaced. He also Held the record being the number one player in the ICC ranking position for a record 150 weeks, including a record 120 consecutive weeks. Watson also won the player of the tournament twice in IPL history.

David Warner

Warner is known as the pocket dynamite and he truly fits in his name. The most consistent opening player and the most destructive in T20 history. He has played for different franchises during his career but his performance throughout his career never dips down.

Warner’s fitness played an important role in his performance. His running between the wickets and his ability to change the gears during the game is something to watch for. Once warner gets settled it just impossible to stop him for any opposition team. He played an important part in helping sunrises Hyderabad to win the IPL trophy in 2016. He is one of the best T20 players of all time around the world.

Chris Gayle

Chris Gayle is the goat of T20 cricket. Gayle is the most productive batsman in the format’s history. He can score in any situation against any bowling line up. His easy approach while hitting big sixes makes fans crazy over him.

His way of building innings is simple. He deals more in fours and sixes rather than singles and doubles. He is the most dangerous batsman to face for any spin bowlers. His records against spin bowlers in insane. His powers are such that he can clear any boundary with ease. He is regarded as one of the greatest T20 cricketers of all time.

We always cover the great sporting icons of their own sport. In this post, we will talk about the best cricket bowlers of all time.

A bowler is an influential part of the team and can win a game of cricket on his own. A great bowler can turn the game with his deadly spells and help to snatch a victory for his team. There have been great bowlers around the worth who had named themselves in the history books. Here we will try to rank the greatest cricket bowlers of all time.

 Over the years, the world of cricket has witnessed many great talents. We have seen some great batsmen, fielders. Here we will talk about the best cricket bowlers of all time.

Dennis Lillee

Country: Australia

Dennis Lillee was the greatest bowler of his time. He ended his bowling career with 355 wickets in test which was later broken by other great bowlers.

In his early cricketing career, he is a nightmare to opposing batsmen. His pace and accuracy are unmatchable during his era. Lillee was a deadly fast bowler with a blazing temper.

Curtly Ambrose

Country: West Indies

West Indies is well known for producing fast and fearsome bowlers and one of them was Sir Curtly Ambrose. His 6-foot-7 stature and his fast speed are enough to break any opposition lineup.

Ambrose was the most dominant bowler taking 405 wickets in just 98 test matches. His lethal pace, bounce and insane swing was devastating for any bowler. Ambrose and walsh was the best deadly duos in world cricket at their time.

Allan Donald

Country: South Africa

Allan Donald was South Africa’s most lethal bowler of all time. He was the leading bowler for South Africa His pace and toe crushing Yorkers frightened even the most skilled batsmen of his generation.

Allan Donald became the first-ever South African to take 300 wickets in a Test match.

Joel Garner

Country: West Indies

Proper Bowler said to be one who has pace, bounce, and swing and Joel Garner has everything.

Joel Garner was one of the greatest bowlers West Indies has produced. It would be difficult for any batsmen to react when Garner used to produce Bouncers.

The 6’7” standing assassin was unplayable at his time. the presence of Graner in the team was always a great boost for the West Indies team. He is known for his economical bowling. Garner took 259 wickets in 58 Tests with an economy of 20.97 which is far superior to anyone else.

Richard Hadlee

Country: New Zealand

It would not be wrong if I say Richard Hadlee was the greatest bowler New Zealand has ever produced. Hadlee was the first bowler in world cricket to achieve 400 wickets in Tests. He was the highest wicket-taker (431) in Tests when he retired which was later broken by the great Kapil Dev.

Hadlee is known for his disciplined bowling. He took 431Test wickets in just 86 matches at an average of 22.29, the stats show how impressive the bowler was during his prime.

Courtney Walsh

Country: West Indies

Courtney Walsh does not need any introduction here. Taking more than 500 wickets is not a cup of tea for everyone. He was the most impressive bowler and one of the greats in world cricket.

Walsh is well known for an exceptional opening bowling spell alongside his countrymen Curtly Ambrose for several years.  He was also the first bowler to reach 500 wickets in Test cricket.

Wasim Akram

Country: Pakistan

Wasim Akram is the most phenomenal swing bowler identified as the “King of Swing,”. His partnership with Waqar Younis is dynamic and together they have demolished a lot of batting lineups across the world. 

Akram was the star performer in the 1992 World Cup. He also won the man of the match in the 1992 World cup final. Akram was also the leading wicket-taker with 18 wickets in the tournament.

He was the first player to reach 300, 400, and 500 ODI wickets and is considered the best ODI bowler by ICC.

Shane Warne

Country: Australia

Shane Warne is one of the best spinner and the greatest bowler of all time. He was the only bowler to be featured in the Wisden Cricketers of the Century. The other four players featured in the list are Sir Donald Bradman, Sir Garfield Sobers, Sir Jack Hobbs, and Sir Vivian Richards.

Shane Warne was the only bowler other than Muralitharan to take more than 700 wickets in test matches. His miraculous ball to out Mike Gatting in the 1993 Ashes, termed as the “Ball of the Century,”.

Warne also holds a world record of most wickets in a calendar year(96).

Glenn Mcgrath

Country: Australia

Glenn McGrath is the greatest fast bowler Australia has ever produced. Though he does not have the pace like other bowlers accuracy is par excellence. He was one of the most economical bowlers of all time.

Mcgrath had 563 Test wickets in 124 matches with an impressive average of 21.64 including 381 ODI wickets in 250 matches. He also holds the record for most wickets in the World cup(71).

Muttiah Muralitharan

Country: Sri Lanka

Muttiah Muralitharan is the most successful bowler of all time. Nobody has dominated the bowling, the way Muralitharan has done in his cricketing career. He took a total of 1334 wickets including tests and One day international which still a world record.

Muralitharan holds the record as the highest wicket-taker in Tests (800) and ODIs (534). He is also the fastest bowler to pick up 350, 400, 450, 500, 600, and 700 Test wickets.

No doubt Muralitharan is the greatest off-spinner of all time and tops in the list of best cricket bowlers of all time.

We have combined stats and figures to reveal the top 10 greatest cricket batsmen of all time.

Cricket is the second most followed sport in the world after Football. The fan base of Cricket is large and there is a huge number of fans across the world. There are some great players in the history of the game who made this sport more renowned across the world.

The consistency, unorthodox shots, power, and class, cricket has everything. Here we will talk about the top 10 greatest cricket batsmen of all time. 

10 Virat Kohli

Virat Kohli needs no introduction to the cricket world. Virat Kohli is on number 10 for the greatest cricket batsmen of all-time list. He is the modern cricketing legend. He is the best batsman in the world in all formats of the game. There is no one else in this era who is more dominant in every format other than Virat Kohli. He has proved his batting skills in every part of the world.

There have been many occasions on the field where he proved why he is still the best batsmen of this generation.

Virat Kohli has the highest rating ever in ICC ODI ranking with 890 points. Earlier the best rating was 887 which was held by Sachin Tendulkar in 1998.

9 Jacques Kallis

Jacques Kallis is one of the best all-rounders of all time. Jacques Kallis’s contribution to the south African team can’t be ignored. He is just exceptional with the bat and ball. He is on a league of his own. Jacques Kallis is the most consistent batsmen and excellent all-rounder that the world has ever witnessed. Kallis is a player with the most man-of-the-match awards in the history of Test cricket.

He remained as one of the top players for the South African team for a very long period of time. He is the classical and traditional unsung hero, whose feats not appreciated much in the midst of Ponting’s or Tendulkar’s records.

8 Kumar Sangakkara

Kumar Sangakkara is the most classiest and elegant batsmen in the world of cricket. He is the third-highest run-getter in the history of the game of cricket.

Sangakkara leads the Sri Lankan team to the world cup final in 2011. He also won the T20 world cup in 2014. Sangakara had a world record of scoring 4 consecutive hundred in world cup cricket history.

7 Jack Hobbs

Jack Hobbs is the great servant of the game. He is known as the The original ‘Master’ of cricket.

Hobbs was the first batsman in history to achieve an average over 50 in Test cricket and the first cricketer to be knighted by the Queen. He had 199 centuries in competitive cricket and the player with seven Test centuries after the age of forty which is quite exceptional. Jack Hobbs remains a crucial and the most impactful player for modern-day batsmen.

6 Garfield Sobers

Garfield Sobers is known as the goat of the all-rounder. He is the biggest match-winner with the bat and the ball. He is one of a billion players. Many legends regarded him as the best all-rounder and best cricketer of all time.

Garfield Sobers is the first player ever to hit six sixes in an over. He has been voted as one of the five Wisden Cricketers of the Century, which is one of the greatest achievements of him. His number speaks a lot about him as a cricketer. Sobers had 8,000 Test match runs and 235 Test match wickets, linked with over 28,000 First Class runs and more than 1,000 First-Class wickets.

5 Ricky Ponting

Ricky Ponting is one of the greatest batsmen of his time. He is in the 5th spot in the greatest cricket batsmen of all-time list. Under his leadership, Australia won the 2003 and 2007 world cup. Many regarded him as the best batsmen of all time. His rivalry with Tendulkar is just top-notch.

He is the most successful captain in the history of the game. Australian team under the leadership of Ponting said to be the greatest team ever in the history of cricket. He is one of the few batsmen to reach over 10,000 Test match runs.

Ponting is the only captain to WHITEWASH every single test playing nation in his career and it’would be very difficult for anyone to break these records in the near future.

4 Brian Lara

Brian Lara is the most technically gifted player in the game of Cricket. The best batsmen and the greatest Test batsmen of all time. Brian Lara had 11,953 runs and the legend of all time.

He is a nightmare of the great bowlers including the spin wizard Shane Warne. His 400 not out against England will remain the best knock in the history of this game. The west indies legend holds numerous cricketing records in his name. His style of play wowed the crowds around the globe.

3 Vivian Richards

Viv Richards is the most fearsome cricketer the game has ever seen. He is known for his hitting and the attacking game of cricket. Richards is the kind of player who can tear apart any bowling attack singlehandedly. He registered his name as the most powerful and dominating batsman in Cricket.

With insane power-hitting and tuns of confidence, the Caribbean legend still regarded as the best cricketer of all generations. 

2 Sachin Tendulkar

Sachin is the greatest player of all time widely known as “The Little Master”. Many regarded him as the number one and the best of all time. If we talk about the best player in ODI it would be no other than Sachin Tendulkar. Sachin is the best cricketer of all time in all formats of the game. He is also knowns as the god of Cricket. He holds the record for the most runs in international cricket.

If we start counting the record of the little master it would take a long list. Tendulkar’s greatness lay beyond the record books and his consistency is unmatched in cricket history.

1 Don Bradman

The greatest batsmen of all time are none other than Sir Don Bradman. Bradman had a career that would never be replaced or be broken in the game of cricket. He had an average of 99.94 which is impossible and never be broken again. He just had to hit a four in his last innings to achieve an average of 100 however he got bowled for a duck. After Don, the highest test average achieved by the batsmen in the modern era is Steve Smith. Smith had an average of 62.8 in test cricket.

Bradman’s record is still the most dominating record in the history of cricket. Every great batsman had to go through these records to label himself in the list of greats. Bradman set a benchmark for modern-day cricketers.