New Zealand batter
Phillips has accumulated 276 runs across the matches played so far, a tally bolstered significantly by his explosive 107 off 49 balls during the fourth T20I on October 30. To claim the top spot on the all-time list, he requires 56 runs in the upcoming series finale.
Chasing records and elite company
The current world record is held by England’s Phil Salt, who amassed 331 runs during a five-match series against the West Indies in December 2023. Mohammad Rizwan of Pakistan sits second, having recorded 316 runs in a six-match series against England in 2022. Should Phillips reach the 300-run mark on Sunday, he will become only the third player in history to achieve that milestone in a bilateral T20I series.
Beyond the global record, Phillips is also closing in on a domestic benchmark. He needs just 15 more runs to overtake Mark Chapman’s record for the most runs by a New Zealand batter in a bilateral T20I series. Chapman set the current national record of 290 runs during a five-match series against Pakistan earlier in 2024.
Phillips has already secured the record for the most runs scored by any player in a T20I series against India. Furthermore, if he manages a half-century in the final encounter, he will join an exclusive group as only the third player to register four or more scores of 50 or more in a single bilateral T20I series, a feat previously accomplished only by Pakistan's Mohammad Rizwan and Japan's Sabaorish Ravichandran.
