Virat Kohli on Sunday proved why he is hailed as the ‘Chase Master’ in the game of cricket as he played an unbeaten knock of 82 runs against arch-rivals Pakistan to kickstart their T20 World Cup 2022 with a blockbuster note.
The batting superstar played the best innings of his T20 career. Kohli thrashed back-to-back sixes in the penultimate over against Haris Rauf to push India within 15 runs of victory from the final six balls. It was Virat Kohli, who kept the hopes of millions of fans alive. The winning run was scored by Ravi Ashwin.
Virat Kohli’s blistering knock of 82 runs off 53 balls, was laced with 6 fours and 4 sixes. He broke a number of records with his sensational records. Here, in this article, we bring you a complete list of records Virat shattered with his stunning knock against Pakistan.
Check out the complete list of numbers that the batting superstar ticked off. Have a look:
– Virat Kohli has gone past Indian captain Rohit Sharma once again. With 3794 runs in 110 matches at an average of a whopping 51.97 and a strike rate of 138.41, Kohli is now the highest run-scorer in the shortest format of the game.
– Virat Kohli was awarded the Man of the Match award after his brilliant contribution with the bat. This was his 14th player of the match award in T20Is, which is the most for any male player. For this, he surpassed Afghanistan captain Mohammad Nabi’s 13.
– This was also Virat’s 6th player of the match award in the T20 World Cup, which is also the most award for any male player in the WC.
– Virat Kohli’s tally in the T20 World Cup tournaments stands at 927 runs, which takes him past Rohit Sharma’s 851 to make him the highest Indian run-scorer in the tournament.
– Virat registered his fifth half-century against Pakistan and interestingly, four of the half-centuries have come in the T20 World Cup matches. That is the joint most 50-plus score for any player against an opponent in the T20 World Cup. With this, he has equaled the record of Universe Boss Chris Gayle, who has scored four fifty-plus scores in the tournament against Australia.
