Most T20I runs in first 40 innings as an opener. Here is the top 6 list.
Gayle had 1,236 runs from first 40 T20I innings. Gayle is also the first batter to hit a century in T20 World Cup.
New Zealand opener had 1,339 runs from first 40 T20I innings. Guptill is currently second on the list of most sixes in the format as well.
Indian opener KL Rahul had 1,428 runs from first 40 T20I innings. Rahul has emerged as one of the most consistent T20I openers.
Australian skipper Finch had 1,458 runs from first 40 T20I innings. Finch has been inconsistent of late.
Pakistan opener Babar Azam had 1,694 runs from 40 innings. He is also the joint-fastest to 2,000 T20I runs.
Rizwan is way ahead of everyone with 2,010 runs as an opener after 40 T20I innings. Rizwan breached the 2,000-run mark at this position with a fifty vs England in 4th T20I.
Recently, Rizwan also became the joint-fastest to 2,000 T20I runs. Like Babar, he breached the 2,000-run mark in the format in his 52nd innings.
Babar and Rizwan are the only pair with more than 2,000 T20I runs in partnerships. They also equalled Rohit Sharma and KL Rahul on the list of most fifty-plus partnerships (14).
Rizwan has scored 556 runs from 11 innings at an average of 61.77 including six half-centuries in 2022 so far. He is only behind Suryakumar Yadav (682 runs).