Virat Kohli Milestones: The third and final decider of the T20 series between India and Australia will be played in Hyderabad. Both the teams will try to win the series by winning this match. Cricket lovers have high hopes from RohitSena. But at the same time, the attention of cricket lovers will be on Virat Kohli’s batting. Virat Kohli can have a big world record in this match. The interesting thing is that till now no Indian batsman has been able to do such a feat.
World record can be made in the name of Kohli
Virat Kohli scored 85 runs in the match played against Australia in Hyderabad today. So the first Indian batsman to score 11000 runs (11000 run milestone) in T20 cricket. So far no Indian batsman has been able to do such a feat. If Virat Kohli achieves this record today, it will be a big event in the history of Indian cricket.
Kohli’s ‘Virat’ performance in T20
Virat Kohli has played 351 matches in T20 cricket across all formats. In this, he has scored 10,915 runs at a run rate of 40.12. If he scores 85 runs in today’s match, he will become the first Indian batsman to score 11000 runs and the fourth batsman in the cricket world. Before Virat, this record is in the name of Chris Gayle, Shoaib Malik and Kieran Pollard.
Highest run scorer in T20 cricket
1. Chris Gayle (West Indies) – 463 matches, 14562 runs
2. Shoaib Malik (Pakistan) – 481 matches, 11902 runs
3. Kieran Pollard (West Indies) – 11902 runs in 613 matches
4. Virat Kohli (India) – 351 matches, 10915 runs
5. David Warner (Australia) – 10870 runs in 328 matches
71 centuries in international cricket
Virat Kohli has 71 centuries in international cricket. Virat Kohli is now tied with former Australia captain Ricky Ponting in the list of most centuries. Master blaster Sachin Tendulkar tops this list. Sachin Tendulkar has scored the most 100 centuries in international cricket.
Most centuries in international cricket
1. Sachin Tendulkar (India) – 100 Centuries
2. Virat Kohli (India) – 71 Centuries / Ricky Ponting (Australia) – 71 Centuries
3. Kumar Sangakkara (Sri Lanka) – 63 centuries
4. Jacques Kallis (South Africa) – 62 centuries
5. Hashim Amla (South Africa) – 55 centuries