T20 World Cup: Leading run-scorers in T20WC history to feature in 2021

T20 World Cup 2021: Only four of the tournament’s top 10 run-scorers -- Chris Gayle, Virat Kohli, Rohit Sharma and Shakib Al Hasan -- will be in action this time.

Chris Gayle, number two on the all-time list of leading run-scorers at the T20 World Cup, is the most prolific leading into the 2021 edition.

The Super 12 stage of the T20 World Cup 2021 is set to begin on Saturday in the UAE with the world's best batters up in action.

However, only four of the tournament’s top 10 all-time leading run-scorers -- Chris Gayle, Virat Kohli, Rohit Sharma and Shakib Al Hasan -- will be in action this time.

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Here's a look at the top run-scorers to feature in the 2021 T20 WC:

Meanwhile five batters -- Kohli, Mohammad Shahzad, Jos Buttler, Jason Roy and Quinton de Kock -- amongst the top 10 scorers from the 2016 edition will make an appearance in 2021, with the leader of the pack Tamil Iqbal also missing out.

Here's a look at the top run-scorers from the 2016 T20 World Cup: