Jos Buttler (ANI Photo)
Buttler brought up the historic feat in his 528th T20 match, having scored 15,000 runs at an average of 35.46 and a strike rate of 147.46. His tally includes nine centuries and 107 half-centuries. Rank Player Matches Runs 100s Highest score 1 Jos Buttler 528 15,000 9 131 2 Kieron Pollard 754 14,999 2 104 3 Alex Hales 537 14,581 7 119* 4 Chris Gayle 463 14,562 22 175* 5 David Warner 439 14,284 10 135* 6 Virat Kohli 430 14,218 10 122* 7 James Vince 502 14,187 9 129* 8 Shoaib Malik 557 13,571 0 95* 9 Quinton de Kock 463 13,046 10 140* 10 Faf du Plessis 450 12,782 9 120* Coming to the match, England defeated Sri Lanka by six wickets in Cardiff to take an unassailable 2-0 lead in the three-match T20I series. Harry Brook smashed three sixes before Tom Banton took charge of the chase with an unbeaten 52 off 24 balls. Buttler contributed 30, while Brook scored 23 as England chased down the target in just 12.1 overs, sealing the series with 47 balls to spare.
England lost both openers during the Powerplay but maintained their aggressive approach. The England star reached the milestone with a single off Eshan Malinga in the fifth over of England’s run chase.