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Iran in T20I Cricket: These days, Iran is in the news regarding the ongoing war with Israel and America. Only time will tell how the end of that war will be recorded in the pages of history. But, do you know the history of Iran's cricket? His record in T20 International? Who are his top 10 batsmen? The big thing is that India's Abhishek Sharma alone seems to be a huge threat to the top 10 batsmen of Iran. Meaning, if we keep Abhishek Sharma on one side of the scale and Iran's top 10 batsmen on the other side, still the Indian batsman seems to have the upper hand.

Iran's record in T20I

In 2018, Iran received T20 International team status from ICC. After that he played his first International T20 series in 2020. It had a clean sweep in the 3-match series played against UAE. Iran had to face defeat 0-3. After that, Iran's cricket team did not play any T20I series again.

Who are the top 10 batsmen of Iran in T20I?

Now the question is who are those top 10 batsmen of Iran? The batsman who scored the most runs for Iran in T20 International is Yousuf Shadzehisarju. He scored 73 runs with 9 fours in 3 matches of the only T20 series played against UAE. The other successful batsman was Ali Mohammadipour, who scored 41 runs with the help of 6 fours in 3 matches. Iran's third successful batsman was Navid Baloch, who scored 30 runs in 3 matches with 1 four.

Naim Bameri scored 20 runs in 3 matches. Nadar Jahadiafazal scored 12 runs with 2 fours in 3 matches. DK Dahani scored 7 runs with 1 four in 3 matches. Arshad Mazarzei also scored 7 runs in 3 matches, with the help of 1 four. Adil Kolasangiani played 1 match and scored 2 runs. Imran Shahbaksh scored 2 runs in 3 matches. Whereas Masood Jayjeh scored 2 runs in 3 matches.

How is Abhishek Sharma superior to Iran's top 10 batsmen?

Now, even if we add the runs scored by Iran's top 10 batsmen in T20 International and the fours and sixes hit by them, India's Abhishek Sharma looks ahead of them all. Iran's top 10 batsmen together have scored only 196 runs in T20 International. At the same time, he has hit only 20 fours in the name of boundaries. In comparison, Abhishek Sharma has scored 1438 runs with 116 boundaries in T20 International.

Iran's cricket history

Talking about the cricket history of Iran, it played its first international match against Bhutan on 13 June 2004. However, at that time he was not an associate member of ICC. He got this membership in 2017. Every T20I match played by Iran after January 1, 2019 has ICC status. Iran's T20 team was at number 106 in the ICC rankings till the year 2024.