For the last one year, there has been a lot of talk about Virat Kohli’s form. It has been almost two and a half years since he scored a century. There is a lot of speculation about when his 71st century will come. He is also compared to Babar Azam, the captain of the Pakistan cricket team. Now that the T20 World Cup is to be held after about 4 months. In such a situation, if his figures in T20 Internationals are going to silence the critics of the former captain of the Indian cricket team.
If we talk about captaincy in at least 10 T20 Internationals since January 2021, then Virat Kohli has scored the most runs as a captain at an average of 75. At the same time, the average of Babar Azam and Aaron Finch, who made Australia T20 World Champions last year, is half their average. Virat Kohli left the command of Team India’s T20 team after the World Cup last year.
Virat Kohli led Team India in 10 matches last year and scored 299 runs at an average of 74.75 and strike rate of 132.88. His highest score was an unbeaten 80. During this he scored 4 half-centuries. Babar Azam played 29 T20 International matches in 2021. In this, he scored 939 runs at an average of 37.56 and strike rate of 127.58. During this he scored one century and 9 half-centuries.
Babar Azam is second only to Virat Kohli in terms of scoring the highest average. In this case, New Zealand captain Kane Williamson is at number 5, Aaron Finch at number seven, South African captain Temba Bavuma at number 10. West Indies’ Kieron Pollard is 11th, while England’s white ball team captain Eoin Morgan is at number 15.
Last year as captain, Kane Williamson scored 298 runs in 12 matches at an average of 29.80 and strike rate of 117.32. It also includes his two half-centuries. Finch scored 459 runs in 17 matches at an average of 28.68 and a strike rate of 125.06. It also includes his 3 half-centuries. Temba Bavuma scored 252 runs in 13 matches at an average of 22.90 and a strike rate of 114.54. This includes his one half-century.
Kieron Pollard scored 242 runs in 17 matches at an average of 22.00 and a strike rate of 132.96. This includes his one half-century. Morgan scored 150 runs in 16 matches at an average of 16.66 and a strike rate of 120.00. During this, he could not play a single half-century innings. His highest score was 40 runs.