Sports · 24 September 2026
Shafali Verma Breaks World Record for Most WT20I Runs in a Calendar Year
Exam-focused facts from the 24 September 2026 current affairs briefing.
Key facts
- Shafali Verma broke the world record for most runs in a calendar year in women's T20Is, reaching 825 runs in her 24th T20I of 2026 during the Asian Games 2026 final against Sri Lanka on September 22 at Korogi Sports Park in Nisshin, Japan.
- She surpassed South Africa's Laura Wolvaardt's tally of 824 runs, needing 10 runs in the final and scoring her 10th run off the seventh ball.
- In 2026, Shafali has scored one century and seven fifties in women's T20Is; following her and Wolvaardt on the list are Natasha Miles of Hong Kong (800), Esha Oza of the UAE (779) and Yasmin Daswani of Hong Kong (779).
- In her last four T20I matches, Shafali scored two half-centuries and one century, including an unbeaten 40 off 15 balls against Japan in the Asian Games quarterfinal and an unbeaten 100 off 49 balls against Bangladesh.