The Indian cricketer KL Rahul is currently is in a rich vein of form. During the Mount Maunganui T20I against New Zealand, Rahul created a new record in the Twenty20 International history.
In the ongoing T20I series history, the right-handed batsman not only became the most run-scorer for India, but he also finished as the second most run-getter.
While India are currently busy in the five-match T20I series against the hosts New Zealand, KL Rahul scored 224 runs in five innings with an average of 56.00.
The right-handed opening batsman, who is also playing the wicketkeeper role, scored 56, 57*, 27, 39 and 45 runs respectively in this series.
After his fifth innings of this series at the Bay Oval (Mount Maunganui) on Sunday (2nd February), Rahul became the second most run-scorer in the bilateral T20I series history.
However, the record-holder Damiao Couana (Mozambique) played a seven-match T20I series against the hosts Malawi in November 2019 as he scored 233 runs in seven innings of that series.
Top five most run-getters in a bilateral T20I series
| Player (Team) | Matches (Innings) | Runs scored | Team vs Team | Year |
| Damiao Couana (Mozambique) | 7 (7) | 233 | Malawi vs Mozambique | 2019 |
| KL Rahul (India) | 5 (5) | 224 | New Zealand vs India | 2020 |
| Colin Munro (New Zealand) | 3 (3) | 223 | New Zealand vs West Indies | 2017/18 |
| Hamilton Masakadza (Zimbabwe) | 4 (4) | 222 | Bangladesh vs Zimbabwe | 2016 |
| David Warner (Australia) | 3 (3) | 217 | Australia vs Sri Lanka | 2019 |
KL Rahul surpasses Virat Kohli:
However, KL Rahul became the most run-scorer among the Indian batsmen in a bilateral T20I series. The previous record-holder was Virat Kohli who scored 199 runs in the three-match bilateral T20I series against the hosts Australia in January 2016.
Top five most run-getters for India in a bilateral T20I series
| Player | Matches (Innings) | Runs scored | Opposition | Year |
| KL Rahul | 5 (5) | 224 | New Zealand (hosts) | 2020 |
| Virat Kohli | 3 (3) | 199 | Australia (hosts) | 2016 |
| Virat Kohli | 3 (3) | 183 | West Indies (Away) | 2019 |
| KL Rahul | 3 (3) | 164 | West Indies (Away) | 2019 |
| Rohit Sharma | 3 (3) | 162 | Sri Lanka (Away) | 2017 |