West Indies batter Rovman Powell became just the second player from his team to reach 2,000 T20I runs on Wednesday.

Powell achieved this milestone during the Windies’ first T20I against New Zealand at Auckland on Wednesday. During the match, he played a valuable cameo of 33 in 23 balls, with a four and two sixes at 143.47.

Now in 103 T20Is, he has scored 2,010 runs at an average of 26.10 and a strike rate of almost 141, with a century and nine fifties and his best score being 107.

At the top is a now-retired Nicholas Pooran, with 2,275 runs in 106 matches at an average of 26.14, with a strike rate of 136.39, including 13 fifties in 97 innings and a best score of 98.

Coming to the match, NZ put WI to bat first after winning the toss and opting to field first and were struggling at 43/3,

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