Sports Desk, AnyTV, New Delhi
Published by: Rohit Raj
Updated Fri, 18 Feb 2022 09:00 PM IST
Summary
Former India captain Virat Kohli scored a brilliant half-century in the second match of the three-match T20I series against West Indies. Kohli scored 52 runs in 41 balls against the Caribbean team in Kolkata on Friday. During this, Virat hit seven fours and a six.
Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli
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Former India captain Virat Kohli scored a brilliant half-century in the second match of the three-match T20I series against West Indies. Kohli scored 52 runs in 41 balls against the Caribbean team in Kolkata on Friday (February 18). During this, Virat hit seven fours and a six. Kohli equaled a big record of Team India captain Rohit Sharma by scoring a half-century, but missed out on breaking New Zealand’s opener Martin Guptill’s record.
Kohli has scored his 30th fifty in international cricket. He has equaled Rohit in terms of playing the most innings of 50 or more runs in T20. Rohit has scored 50 or more runs in an innings 30 times. He has scored 26 fifties and four centuries. Rohit could not perform better in the second T20. He was dismissed for 19 runs off 18 balls. He shared 49 runs for the second wicket with Kohli.
Highest 50+ scorers in International T20
batsman | Country | 50+ Score |
Virat Kohli | Bharat | 30 |
Rohit Sharma | Bharat | 30 |
Babar Azam | Pakistan | 26 |
Martin Guptill | New Zealand | 22 |
David Warner | Australia | 22 |
This is Kohli’s sixth fifty against West Indies. Virat is at the first place in terms of scoring the most 50 or more runs against a team. He has scored seven half-centuries against Australia. Rohit Sharma has scored 50 or more runs in an innings six times against New Zealand, five times against West Indies and Bangladesh.
Kohli can break Guptill’s record in the third T20
Kohli has 3296 runs in T20. He is second in terms of scoring the most runs in this format. Guptill has scored the highest 3299 runs. Rohit has scored 3256 runs. Kohli can break Guptill’s record in the third T20.
Top 10 players who have scored the most runs in International T20
batsman | Country | match | Run |
Martin Guptill | New Zealand | 112 | 3299 |
Virat Kohli | Bharat | 97 | 3296 |
Rohit Sharma | Bharat | 121 | 3256 |
Paul Stirling | Ireland | 98 | 2692 |
Aaron Finch | Australia | 87 | 2678 |
Babar Azam | Pakistan | 73 | 2620 |
David Warner | Australia | 88 | 2554 |
Mohammad Hafeez | Pakistan | 119 | 2514 |
Eoin Morgan | England | 115 | 2458 |
Shoaib Malik | Pakistan | 124 | 2435 |