In his T20I debut, Martin Guptill was dismissed for a duck, but he finished his career as the leading run-scorer for New Zealand. Guptill played 122 T20I games for the Blackcaps and scored 3531 runs at an average of 31.81 and a strike rate of 135.70. Guptill is one of the four openers who have scored over 3000 runs in T20Is. He is the only New Zealand batter to score over 3000 runs in T20Is.
Let’s look at the top 3 performances of Martin Guptill in T20Is:
1. 105 vs Australia, Auckland (2018)
In 2018, New Zealand, Australia, and England featured in a tri-series. In the fifth match of the series, Australia took on New Zealand and made 243 runs for the loss of six wickets. It is the second-highest total by New Zealand in T20Is. Guptill scored 105 runs off 54 deliveries in the match. It was his second century in T20Is. He is one of the five Kiwi batters who have scored multiple centuries in T20Is.
2. 101 vs South Africa, East London (2012)
On December 23, 2012, Guptill became the second Kiwi batter to score a century in T20Is. He scored 101 runs off 69 deliveries and helped New Zealand chase down the target of 166 runs in 19 overs with eight wickets in hand. His century came almost three months after Brendon McCullum scored a century in T20Is and became the first New Zealand batter to score a century in T20Is.
3. 97 vs Australia, Dunedin (2021)
In 2021, New Zealand and Australia were involved in a high-scoring game, which the Blackcaps won by four runs. Guptill made 97 runs off 50 deliveries and helped New Zealand post a total of 219 runs for the loss of seven wickets. Guptill hit eight sixes in the match and took his tally to 132 sixes. He held the record of hitting the most number of sixes in T20Is after this game. Guptill finished his career with 173 sixes in T20Is, which is the third-highest after Rohit Sharma and Muhammad Waseem.
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