The pressure on the bowlers is tremendous during World Cup matches since one poor performance could knock their team from contention. There are many examples when a bowler gives a lot of runs, and his team faces defeat due to his lousy blowing.

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Most Runs Conceded in an Innings in T20 World Cup History

Player	Against	Overs	Runs	Wkts	Team
Sanath Jayasuriya	v PAK	4	64	0	SL
Mashrafe Mortaza	v PAK	4	63	0	BAN
Lameck Onyango	v SL	4	61	0	Kenya
Stuart Broad	v IND	4	60	0	ENG
Mitchell Starc	v NZ	4	60	0	AUS
Naveen-ul-Haq	v IND	4	59	0	AFG
Nehemiah Odhiambo	v SL	4	57	1	Kenya
Joginder Sharma	v ENG	4	57	0	IND
Brett Lee	v WI	4	56	1	AUS
Izatullah Dawlatzai	v ENG	3	56	2	AFG

Sanath Jayasuriya

Sanath Jayasuriya, the former all-rounder player of Sri Lanka, is famous for his powerful batting and bowling. In the 2007 World Cup, in the 16th match, Sri Lanka decided to bowl first after winning the toss. Pakistan lost its first three wickets on 33 runs. After that, Shoaib Malik & Younas Khan added more than 101 runs in the match.

Jayasuriya took no wickets in his four overs and gave 64 runs. Jayasuriya adds his name to the most conceded runs in the innings record with these stats.

Mashrafe Mortaza

The 2014 T20 World Cup was the 27 match between Bangladesh and Pakistan. Pakistan won the toss and chose bat first. Ahmed Shahzad scored a superb century and 111 runs on 62 balls. The Pakistan team’s total score is 190/5.

Morteza did not get any wickets in 4 overs and gave 63 runs. As a result, he added his name to these most conceded runs in the inning. Bangladesh can’t chase the target and lose this match.

Lameck Onyango

It was the 8th match of the 2007 World Cup between Sri Lanka and Kenya. Kenya was bowled first after winning the toss. Sanath Jayasuriya played a fantastic inning; he scored 88 runs on 44 balls.

Captain Jayawardene makes 65 runs on 27 balls, and Jehan Mubarak makes 46 runs on 13. Sri Lanka makes a total of 260 targets for Kenya. The 3rd worst bowling figure is named Lemeck Onyango, who can’t get any wickets and gave 61 runs in 4 overs. Kenya team lost this match; it all team out on 88 runs.

Most Runs Conceded in an Innings in T20 2022

Bowler	Over	Runs	Eco	Team	Opponent
Tendai Chatara	1	23	23.00	Zimbabwe	South Africa
Axar Patel	1	21	21.00	India	Pakistan
Wanindu Hasaranga	3	53	17.70	Sri Lanka	Australia
Richard Ngarava	1	17	17.00	Zimbabwe	South Africa
Liam Livingstone	1	16	16.00	England	Pakistan
Iftikhar Ahmed	0.5	13	15.60	Pakistan	England
Taskin Ahmed	3	46	15.30	Bangladesh	South Africa
Barry McCarthy	4	59	14.80	Ireland	Scotland
Mark Adair	4	59	14.80	Ireland	Australia
Haris Rauf	3	44	14.70	Pakistan	South Africa