Indian Skipper Virat Kohli scripted yet another record as he becomes the first batsman to score 3000 T20 International runs.
The Indian cricket team captain on Sunday broke a total of five records at the second T20 match between India and England.
Indian skipper Virat Kohli on Sunday smashed yet another unbeaten fifty in a run chase. The 32-year-old scored 73 not out to help the Men in Blues defeat England in 2nd ODI and level series 1-1.
The first batsman to score 3️⃣0️⃣0️⃣0️⃣ T20 international runs ????????????
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— BCCI (@BCCI) March 14, 2021
The five records, skipper Virat Kohli achieved in the 2nd India vs England T20I:
• Virat Kohli surpasses Rohit Sharma
Kohli smashed his 26th T20I fifty on Sunday. He was previously level with his deputy in the shortest format.
• Most fifties in T20Is
V Kohli – 26
Rohit Sharma- 25
David Warner- 19
Martin Guptill- 19
• Virat Kohli smashes 3,000 T20I runs
Kohli has become the first batsman to score 3,000 runs in T20Is.
V Kohli- 3,001 runs
MJ Guptill- 2,839 runs
Rohit Sharma- 2,773 runs
• Virat Kohli 12,000 runs
India captain is the fastest to score 12,000 runs in international cricket.
Kohli becomes the third captain to score 12,000 or more runs in international cricket. The other two are Ricky Ponting and Graeme Smith.
• Most runs as captain in international cricket:
15440 Ricky Ponting (Avg. 45.54)
14878 Graeme Smith (Avg. 43.12)
12002* Virat Kohli (Avg. 61.86)
• Fastest to 12,000 international runs as captain
V Kohli- 226 inns
Ricky Ponting- 282 inns
Graeme Smith- 294 inns
• First captain to hit winning six for the fourth time
Kohli on Sunday for the fourth instance finished the game off in style by hitting the winning six to win the match for India against England in 2nd ODI.
Virat Kohli has now overtaken former Indian captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni.
Virat Kohli- 4 Times
Mahendra Singh Dhoni- 3 Times
• Joins Sachin Tendulkar and Sunil Gavaskar on elite list
Kohli brought his 3,000 runs at the historic venue. Ahmedabad (Motera/ Narendra Modi Stadium) has witnessed:
1st player to 10000 Test runs (Sunil Gavaskar, 1987)
1st player to 30000 International runs (Sachin Tendulkar, 2009)
1st player to 18000 ODI runs (Sachin Tendulkar, 2011)
1st player to 3000 T20I runs (Virat Kohli, Sunday, March 14)
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