Although hitting big sixes is more prevalent in T20I cricket, a few batters delight fans with their effortless shots that race towards the boundary ropes.
With skills and precision at their helm, such batters hit fours at their will and keep the scoreboard ticking.
On that note, here are the top 10 instances of batters hitting the most fours in T20Is in a calendar year.
Most T20I Fours by a Batter in a Calendar Year
| Player | Year | Inns | 4s | 6s | Runs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Karanbir Singh (AUT) | 2025 | 32 | 127 | 122 | 1488 |
| Mohammad Rizwan (PAK) | 2021 | 26 | 119 | 42 | 1326 |
| Prashant Kurup (BHR) | 2025 | 38 | 114 | 27 | 1037 |
| Brian Bennett (ZIM) | 2025 | 25 | 109 | 26 | 936 |
| Ishan Kishan (IND) | 2026 | 30 | 107 | 49 | 1042 |
| Suryakumar Yadav (IND) | 2022 | 31 | 106 | 68 | 1164 |
| Bilal Zalmai (AUT) | 2025 | 35 | 103 | 57 | 1008 |
| Babar Azam (PAK) | 2021 | 26 | 99 | 17 | 939 |
| Roger Mukasa (UGA) | 2023 | 31 | 92 | 23 | 738 |
| Paul Stirling (IRE) | 2019 | 20 | 90 | 20 | 748 |
| Asif Ali (BHR) | 2025 | 30 | 89 | 56 | 955 |
| Fiaz Ahmed (BHR) | 2025 | 37 | 86 | 69 | 1251 |
| Abhishek Sharma (IND) | 2025 | 21 | 85 | 54 | 859 |
| Anshuman Rath (HKG) | 2025 | 21 | 84 | 18 | 814 |
| Babar Azam (PAK) | 2022 | 26 | 83 | 10 | 735 |
(Check out the other calendar year records here.)
Key Insights on Most Boundaries in T20Is in a Calendar Year
Most of the instances of batters smashing the most fours in a calendar year have come in the 2020s decade, highlighting the changing dynamics of T20I cricket.
Record-Breaking Boundary Count in T20I Cricket
Austria’s Karanbir Singh has hit the most fours in a calendar year in T20Is. He slammed 127 fours in 32 innings in 2025.
Karanbir Singh is the only batter to score 100-plus fours and 100-plus sixes in a calendar year in T20Is. He achieved the feat in 2025 with 127 fours and 122 sixes in 32 innings.
Those 249 boundaries helped Karabir aggregate 1488 runs, the most by a batter in a calendar year in T20Is.
Karanbir’s 122 sixes are also the most by a batter in a year in this format.
Full Member T20I Boundary Hitter in a Year
Pakistan’s Mohammad Rizwan has scored the most fours among full-member batters in a year in T20Is. The keeper-batter hit 119 boundaries in 26 innings in 2021. This made Rizwan the first batter to smash more than 100 fours in a single year in T20Is.
Multi-Year Boundary Performance
Babar Azam (Pakistan), Muhammad Waseem (UAE), Paul Stirling (Ireland), Simon Ssesazi (Uganda), and Virat Kohli (India) have hit 50 or more fours in three calendar years.
Ssesazi (2021, 2022, 2023) and Waseem (2023, 2024, 2025) have smashed 50-plus fours in three consecutive years in T20Is.
Waseem is the only batter to hit 50-plus fours and 50-plus sixes in two calendar years in T20Is.
Yearly Home & Away Boundary Smashers
Brian Bennett scored 90 of his fours in 2025 in Zimbabwe, the most by a batter at home in a calendar year in T20Is.
76 of Bennett’s 90 maximums came at the Harare Sports Club in 18 innings, the most by a batter at a single ground in a year in T20Is.
Uganda’s Roger Mukasa (2023) and Bahrain’s Prashant Kurup (2025) have hit 90 or more fours away from home in a year in T20Is.
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