Virat Kohli scored his 31st half-century on Wednesday, equalling the record with Rohit Sharma for scoring the most 50-plus scores in T20Is.
The former India captain achieved this feat during India’s Group A tie against Hong Kong in Dubai in the ongoing 2022 edition of the tournament. Kohli found much-needed form in the match, scoring an unbeaten 59 of 44 deliveries with the help of a boundary and three towering sixes. he looked scratchy, to begin with, but found the middle of the bat in the later stages of the innings.
He now has 31 half-centuries in 94 innings from 101 matches. His highest score was 94* which came against West Indies in December 2019.
The 33-year-old is now tied with Rohit Sharma who also has 31 half-centuries in 126 innings from 134 matches along with four centuries.
Babar Azam, David Warner, Martin Guptill, and Paul Stirling are the only players with more than 20 scores of fifty or more in T20Is. No other batter has more than 30 such scores.
Virat also recently became the first Indian player to represent India in 100 matches across the three formats, he joined Ross Taylor to become the second player ever to do so.
In his 100th T20I match against Pakistan, Virat scored 35 of 34 calls before getting out.
DUBAI : Rohit Sharma on Wednesday overtook Rohit Sharma to become India’s second most successful T20I captain. He reached this feat during his side’s Group A match against Hong Kong in Dubai during the ongoing Asia Cup 2022. Now, Rohit Sharma has 31 wins in his 37 T20I matches as captain. He has only lost six. His win percentage as skipper in this format is a massive 83.78. MS Dhoni remains India’s most successful T20I captain of all time. He captained India in 72 games, out of which the team won 41, lost 28, and tied one and two produced no result. His win percentage in the format is 59.28.
Virat Kohli has now slipped to third. In his 50 games as skipper in T20Is, he won 30 of them and lost 16. Two matches ended in a tie while two produced no results. His win percentage is 64.58.