Listing the cricketers with highest scores in T20Is by batting position

#9 Anwar Ali – 46 off 17 balls, for Pakistan against Sri Lanka at Colombo, August 2015

The top two scores by a No.9 batsman in a T20I match are both from Pakistan fast bowlers and both came against Sri Lanka. Sohail Tanvir's 26-ball 41 at Dubai in 2013 is only good enough for second place as Anwar Ali took the record with 46 two years later.

Chasing 173 is not easy, especially if you have lost five wickets for 40 inside the eighth over. But with Shahid Afridi still at the crease, they had a chance. After scoring a 22-ball 45, Afridi left the crease in the 15th over with Pakistan still needing 66 off 35 balls.

Enter Anwar Ali at No.9, who completely changed the complexion of the game. Although he batted for just 17 balls, he scored three fours and four sixes and ended with a strike rate of 270.58. By the time he got out, he already got Pakistan to within 8 runs off victory with 8 balls to go. Eventually Imad Wasim got them home with four balls to spare but it would never have been possible without Ali's blitzkrieg.