Virat Kohli (1065) surpasses Mahela Jayawardene as the leading run-scorer in T20 World Cup
Virat Kohli Stats: Virat Kohli (1065) surpasses Mahela Jayawardene as the leading run-scorer in T20 World Cup. Virat Kohli’s records in T20 World Cups over the years and in T20I Run chases.
Former India captain Virat Kohli has returned to his batting best and he has arrived in some style in the ongoing T20 World Cup. If his 122* against Afghanistan, which was Kohli’s 71st international century, gave a glimpse of the maestro’s incredible batting aura, his masterclass unbeaten 82* against arch-rivals Pakistan in India’s opening game of ICC T20 World Cup 2022 at the Melbourne Cricket Ground (MCG) showed the king has well and truly arrived.
The champion batter went through a bad patch that we have not associated with Kohli since his debut way back in 2008. He didn’t score a century for close to three years, but once it came in Asia there has been no looking back for Virat Kohli.
Two weeks into the T20 World Cup, and the entire cricketing fraternity has been taken in by Kohli’s yet another commanding performance in a successful run-chase at the G. His knock against Pakistan is now part of batting folklore and is already regarded as the one of India’s greatest knocks across formats.
The match between India and Pakistan has been touted as the best T20 game seen by several cricketing experts across the globe. Such was the magnitude of the run-chase that the pressure could have been handled by the one and only Virat Kohli.
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Here is a snapshot of a few records in the name of Virat Kohli in T20Is, including his performances in T20 World Cups.
The name Virat Kohli and T20 World Cup always go hand in hand. The former India skipper has always done well in the mega event.
Virat Kohli, during his knock of 64*(44) against Bangladesh on November 2, surpassed Mahela Jayawardene (1016) as the leading run-scorer in T20 World Cups. Kohli now has 1065 runs in 23 innings that he has played in T20 World Cup, at a phenomenal average of 88.75 and a decent strike rate of 132.46. He has smashed an incredible 13 fifties in world cups with his highest score being 89*.
Most runs in T20 World Cups
Player | Innings | Runs | Average | Strike Rate | Highest | 50s/100s |
Virat Kohli (India) | 23 | 1065 | 88.75 | 132.46 | 89* | 13/0 |
Mahela Jayawardne (Sri Lanka) | 31 | 1016 | 39.07 | 134.74 | 100 | 6/1 |
Chris Gayle (West Indies) | 31 | 965 | 34.46 | 142.75 | 117 | 7/2 |
Rohit Sharma (India) | 32 | 904 | 37.67 | 131.01 | 79* | 9/0 |
TM Dilshan (Sri Lanka) | 34 | 897 | 30.93 | 124.06 | 96* | 6/0 |
Kohli has the most half-centuries in the tournament history with twelve 50+ scores but is yet to score a century.
Kohli has the best average (88.75) among batters playing over 10 innings in T20 World Cups.