Indian captain Virat Kohli on Sunday (March 14) grew to become the first batsman to rating 3,000 runs in T20 worldwide. Kohli achieved the milestone through the second T20I in opposition to England right here at Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad.
The skipper was simply 72 runs behind from touching the landmark determine and along with his unbeaten knock of 73 runs – which helped India register an emphatic seven-wicket win – he crossed the three,000-run mark.
Kohli now leads the run-scoring charts in T20Is with 3,001 runs from 87 T20I matches at a mean of fifty.86. New Zealand’s Martin Guptill is second on the listing of main run-getters in T20I cricket, having scored 2,839 runs in 99 matches at a mean of 32.36. India’s Rohit Sharma comes third within the listing with 2,773 runs in 108 matches.
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Kohli had a modest Test sequence in opposition to England by his excessive requirements and he would need to change that within the limited-overs leg in opposition to the guests. He is tied with former Australian captain Ricky Ponting for the record of most centuries by a captain in worldwide cricket and would love to make the record his personal by slamming a ton within the remaining three T20Is. It is a format the place he nonetheless doesn’t have a century in worldwide cricket.
Indian opener Rohit Sharma compared has 4 centuries on this format – a world record however the common of each Guptill and Rohit Sharma pales compared to Kohli’s mammoth common in T20Is.
Apart from Kohli, it was debutant Ishan Kishan’s innings that helped India chase down the goal of 165 runs within the nineteenth over of their innings. Kishan (56) scored a powerful half-century on his debut. With this win, the hosts levelled the five-match sequence 1-1. The third T20I between India and England can be performed on Tuesday.
(with ANI inputs)
