Christchurch, Oct. 21 -- Indian wicketkeeper-batter Ishan Kishan is just 46 runs away from becoming the seventh Indian player to join the 2,000 T20I runs club and is also on the verge of breaking T20 World Cup-winning skipper Suryakumar Yadav's record for most T20I runs by an Indian during a calendar year.

The five-match T20I series against New Zealand will start from Thursday onwards, with the first T20I to be held in Christchurch. Ishan, who has been in sensational form while batting at number three, has a chance to achieve some more milestones with his bat in what has been a breakout year for him in T20Is.

So far in 66 T20Is, Ishan has made 1,954 runs in 66 innings at an average of 31.51, with a strike rate of 148.81, including a cen...