Phillips Sets Calendar-Year Record With 522 Runs Against India in 2026

Glenn Phillips has set a new record for the most runs against one team in a calendar year in T20I cricket, finishing 2026 with 522 runs against India.

His unbeaten 65 off 38 balls in the Hamilton finale took his five-match series tally to 341 runs, after scores of 82 not out, 70, 17, 107 and 65 not out, and he was named Player of the Series.

India's Abhishek Sharma is second on the same calendar-year list with 431 runs against New Zealand in 2026, ahead of Pakistan's Sahibzada Farhan with 398 against Sri Lanka.

The two teams also set new team marks, with India scoring 2,266 runs against New Zealand in 2026 and New Zealand scoring 2,207 against India, the top two totals ever against one team in a calendar year.

New Zealand won the Hamilton finale by seven wickets, but India took the five-match series 3-2.