Aaron Finch set to complete 10,000 T20 runs: Key stats
Australia's white-ball captain Aaron Finch is set to complete 10,000 runs in T20 cricket. The 34-year-old can achieve the significant feat in the final of 2021 ICC T20 World Cup where Australia and New Zealand will be at loggerheads. Finch is already the leading run-scorer for Australia in T20 Internationals. Here are his key stats in the shortest format.
Why does it matter?
Finch is on the verge of scripting history. He requires 25 more to touch the 10,000-run mark in T20s. So far, David Warner is the only Australian to have reached this landmark. He accomplished the feat in the IPL 2021. Furthermore, Finch could become the only Australian captain to win the T20 World Cup. In 2010, the Michael Clarke-led side finished as the runners-up.
A look at the T20 stats of Finch
As of now, Finch has racked up 9,975 runs from 330 matches at a remarkable average of 34.16. He carries a staggering strike rate of 140.90. His tally includes 64 half-centuries and 8 hundreds. Finch is behind Chris Gayle (14,321), Kieron Pollard (11,326), Shoaib Malik (11,133), David Warner (10,255), and Virat Kohli (10,204) in terms of runs.
Most runs for Australia in T20Is
Finch is Australia's leading run-scorer in T20Is. In a career spanning a decade, he has scored 2,603 runs from 82 T20Is at an average of 36.15. He has struck at 148.31. Overall, Finch is behind Kohli (3,227), Martin Guptill (3,119), and Rohit Sharma (3,038).
Highest individual score in T20Is
Finch holds the record for scoring most runs in a T20I innings. He smashed 172 off 76 balls against Zimbabwe in Harare in July 2018. Finch slammed 16 fours and 10 sixes in that innings. His 76-ball 172 is the also the second-highest individual score in overall T20 cricket. Chris Gayle tops this list with 175* (66) vs PWI, 2013.
Most runs as captain in T20I cricket
Finch also holds the record for scoring most runs as captain in T20I cricket. He has scored 1,719 runs at an average of 34.38 while leading Australia. The Australian skipper is followed by Kohli (1,570), Kane Williamson (1,514), and Eoin Morgan (1,439) on this tally. Moreover, Finch is the only player among the top four (on this list) to have scored a T20I ton.
