IND vs AFG: Virat Kohli on cusp of achieving three major feats in T20 cricket in series opener

Virat Kohli and data are synonymous to one another. Every time he takes the sphere, a document is created or damaged and one thing of related types can occur in the upcoming T20I series between India and Afghanistan. Kohli is returning to play T20Is for the primary time since November 2022 and can characteristic in the shortest format for the primary time since Indian Premier League (IPL) 2023 too.

It should not be a shock to many who a number of achievements are ready for him in the format and the previous India skipper can obtain all of them in the primary T20I in Mohali itself. Virat Kohli is simply 35 runs away from changing into the primary Indian and third participant total to finish 12000 runs in T20 cricket. He has to date 11965 runs in 374 T20 matches (357 innings) at an impeccable common of 41.40 and a strike-rate of 133.35 with as many as eight centuries and 91 half-centuries.

Most runs in T20 cricket historical past

Another fifty-plus rating will even make him solely the third cricketer in historical past to cross the 50-run mark an enormous 100 instances. Chris Gayle is on high in this facet with 110 fifty-plus scores whereas David Warner is subsequent with 107 scores of greater than 50.

Most 50+ scores in T20 cricket historical past

Meanwhile, another document Virat Kohli can create is of probably the most balls confronted in the format. If he manages to face 28 deliveries in the primary T20I in Mohali, Kohli will change into solely the third participant to play 9000 or extra balls in the shortest format of the game. Shoaib Malik of Pakistan is at primary in this regard having confronted 10168 deliveries in 486 instances he has batted in T20 cricket with Chris Gayle just under having performed 10060 balls throughout his illustrious profession.

Most balls confronted in T20 cricket historical past