Virat Kohli: Team India batsman Virat Kohli has created history in the second T20 match against South Africa. Virat Kohli has made a big record. Virat Kohli has become the first Indian batsman to achieve this record. No Indian batsman has achieved this feat before Virat Kohli.
Kohli created history
Virat Kohli has become the first Indian and the fourth batsman in the world to complete 11,000 in T20 cricket. Virat Kohli made this impressive record when he scored 19 runs in the second T20 match against South Africa. Virat Kohli scored 49 runs in 28 balls in the second T20 match against South Africa. Virat Kohli now has 11,030 runs in T20 cricket. Before Virat Kohli, no Indian batsman has been able to achieve this magnificent record till date.
Highest run scorer in T20 cricket
1. Chris Gayle (West Indies) – 14562 runs in 463 matches
2. Kieron Pollard (West Indies) – 11915 runs in 614 matches
3. Shoaib Malik (Pakistan) – 11902 runs in 481 matches
4. Virat Kohli (India) – 11030 runs in 354 matches
5. David Warner (Australia) – 10870 runs in 328 matches
Virat Kohli has so far scored 11030 runs in 354 T20 matches. Let us tell you that only Chris Gayle, Kieron Pollard, Shoaib Malik and Virat Kohli have scored 11000 or more runs in T20 cricket so far.
71 centuries in international cricket
Virat Kohli now has 71 hundreds to his name and has equaled former Australia captain Ricky Ponting to score the most centuries in international cricket. Ricky Ponting has also scored 71 centuries in international cricket. Sachin Tendulkar is at number one in this list. Sachin Tendulkar holds the record for most 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
