Star Indian batsman Virat Kohli passed Chris Gayle on Thursday to rank second all-time in runs scored at the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup.
On Thursday, star Indian batsman Virat Kohli passed Steve Smith as the second-highest run-scorer in ICC Men’s T20 World Cup history. He accomplished this during his team’s Super 12 encounter in Group 2 at Sydney Cricket Ground (SCG). Virat scored a beautiful unbeaten 62 off 44 balls during the game. Three fours and two beautiful sixes were part of his knock. As of right now, Virat Kohli has 989 runs overall in 23 T20 World Cup games in 21 innings for an average of 89.90. In the competition, he has twelve half-centuries, with a top score of 89*.
Most significantly, Virat has twice been named “Man of the Tournament” in this competition. He was the only player to receive the award twice, in 2014 (319 runs) and in 2016 (273 runs).
He beat West Indies great Chris Gayle to take second place in the competition among batters. Gayle has played in 31 innings and 33 games, scoring 965 runs at an average of 34.46. His bat has produced two hundred, seven fifties, and a top score of 117.
Mahela Jayawardene, a legend in his native Sri Lanka, has scored the most runs in ICC T20 World Cup history. In T20 WCs, he has amassed 1,1016 runs at an average of 39.07. His bat has produced one century and six half-centuries, with a best of 100.
India scored 179/2 in their 20 overs to start the game. Suryakumar Yadav (51*), Rohit Sharma (53), and Virat all shone with impressive half-centuries. Suryakumar and Virat put on an unbroken stand of 95 run off 48 balls for the third wicket, while Rohit and Virat shared a stand of 75 runs for the second wicket.
With only 9 runs scored, KL Rahul once again struggled.
For Dutch, Fred Klaassen and Paul van Meekeran each claimed a wicket. The Netherlands is currently in the game.
