Adelaide: India’s star batter Virat Kohli on Thursday became the first batter to complete 1,100 runs in T20 World Cups. India’s star batter accomplished this landmark during his side’s second semifinal match of the ongoing ICC T20 World Cup against England at Adelaide Oval. In the semifinal match against England, Virat scored a delightful 50 off 40 balls. His knock consisted of four boundaries and one six. He struck the ball at a strike rate of 125.00.
On the second position in the tally is Sri Lanka legend Mahela Jayawardene with 1016, while in the third position is claimed West Indies great Chris Gayle, who has 965 runs to his name. It was his fourth half-century of the ongoing edition of the tournament. He is currently the leading run scorer in the game so far. Also, he has scored 296 runs in six innings at an average of 98.66, including his instant-classic knock of 82* against Pakistan in Melbourne. Kohli also became the first player to cross the 4,000-run mark in T20I cricket. With this half-century, Virat’s run tally in T20I cricket has gone to 4,008 runs in 115 matches across 107 innings at an average of 52.73. One century and 37 half-centuries have come out of his bat, with the best individual score of 122*. His strike rate in the shorter format is 137.96. Other top batters in the most concise format are Indian skipper Rohit Sharma (3,853), New Zealand opening veteran Martin Guptill (3,531), Pakistan skipper Babar Azam (3,323) and Ireland opener Paul Stirling (3,181).
Coming to the match, India posted 168/6 in their 20 overs. Hardik Pandya (63 off 33 balls) and Virat Kohli (50) were the stars of the game for India. Chris Jordan (3/43) was the pick of the bowlers for England. Chris Woakes and Adil Rashid took a wicket each. (ANI)
