Virat Kohli on Wednesday grew to become the main run-scorer within the historical past of T20 World Cup.© AFP
Virat Kohli is doing all the things proper on this T20 World Cup. In 4 matches, he has scored three half-centuries. The newest one got here in opposition to Bangladesh on Wednesday as he stayed unbeaten on 64 (44b) to assist India attain 184/6 in 20 overs. In the method, Kohli overtook former Sri Lanka captain Mahela Jayawardene’s complete of 1,016 runs to grow to be the very best scorer in T20 World Cup historical past. Jayawardene set his mark from 31 innings however Kohli took solely 23 to move him. Former Australia all-rounder Shane Watson was in awe of Kohli after the previous India captain’s newest feat.
“Over 1000 runs in T20 World Cups at an average of over 80, I am not able to get my head around this. T20 cricket is a high-risk game, high-risk batting and to think that he can do it at the biggest tournament, averaging so much and winning so many games for his country. He is a freak and those statistics are super freakish. It’s incredible that you can bat in such a high-risk format and score consistently. It’s ridiculous,” Watson stated on Star Sports.
After Kohli’s unbeaten knock, Bangladesh had appeared on track for victory after racing to 66-Zero in seven overs when rain stopped play inflicting 4 overs to be misplaced. Bangladesh faltered of their revised chase of 151 in 16 overs. Opener Liton Das hit a 27-ball 60 however his run out after the 50-minute interruption heralded a Bangladesh collapse and ended on 145-6.
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India went high of Group 2 and may clinch a semi-final spot with a win in opposition to Zimbabwe of their closing Group 2 match on Sunday.
(With AFP inputs)
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