Glenn Phillips will be a key player for New Zealand in the fifth T20I against India on Sunday (November 1). In the fixture, scheduled to take place at Seddon Park in Hamilton, the right-handed batter will have a chance to break the all-time T20I record for the most runs in a bilateral series.
Phillips, who scored 107 runs off 49 balls in the fourth T20I against India on Friday (October 30), has amassed a total of 276 runs in the ongoing series and needs 56 more runs to break the all-time record.
As of now, the record for the most runs in a bilateral T20I series is held by England’s Phil Salt. Salt played five T20Is against the West Indies in December 2023 and scored 331 runs.
In the list of players with the most runs in a bilateral T20I series,
Salt is followed by Pakistan’s Mohammad Rizwan. Rizwan played six T20Is against England in 2022 and scored 316 runs.
Most runs in a bilateral T20I series
| PLAYER | TEAM | MATCHES | RUNS | AGAINST | YEAR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Phil Salt | England | 5 | 331 | West Indies | 2023 |
| Mohammad Rizwan | Pakistan | 6 | 316 | England | 2022 |
| Sahil Chauhan | Estonia | 6 | 297 | Cyprus | 2024 |
| Mark Chapman | New Zealand | 5 | 290 | Pakistan | 2023 |
| Babar Azam | Pakistan | 7 | 285 | England | 2022 |
| Leslie Dunbar | Serbia | 4 | 284 | Bulgaria | 2022 |
| Mohammad Ihsan | Spain | 3 | 283 | Croatia | 2025 |
| Tilak Varma | India | 4 | 280 | South Africa | 2025 |
| Abhishek Sharma | India | 5 | 279 | England | 2025 |
| Shah Abrar Hussain | Cambodia | 9 | 279 | Indonesia | 2025 |
| Karanbir Singh | Austria | 5 | 278 | Germany | 2026 |
| Musaddiq Ahmed | Germany | 5 | 277 | Austria | 2026 |
| Glenn Phillips | New Zealand | 4 | 276 | India | 2026 |
| Finn Allen | New Zealand | 5 | 275 | Pakistan | 2024 |
So far, only two players in the world have managed to score 300 or more runs in a T20I series, and on Sunday, Phillips will have a chance to join the elite list.
If Phillips manages to score at least 15 runs in the fifth T20I, he will break Mark Chapman’s record for the most runs in a bilateral T20I series for the Black Caps.
Chapman played five T20Is for the Kiwis against Pakistan in 2024 and scored 290 runs.
Most runs in a T20I series for New Zealand
| PLAYER | MATCHES | INNINGS | RUNS | AGAINST | YEAR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mark Chapman | 5 | 5 | 290 | Pakistan | 2023 |
| Glenn Phillips | 4 | 4 | 276 | India | 2026 |
| Finn Allen | 5 | 5 | 275 | Pakistan | 2024 |
| Tim Seifert | 5 | 5 | 249 | Pakistan | 2025 |
| Colin Munro | 3 | 3 | 223 | West Indies | 2017 |
Phillips already holds the record for the most runs in a T20I series against India, and if he manages to score a half-century in the last match of the series, he will become only the third player in the world to score four 50-plus scores in a single series.
As of now, only Pakistan’s Rizwan and Japan’s Sabaorish Ravichandran have managed to score four 50-plus scores in a T20I series.
