Scoring 50 off 40 deliveries within the second semifinal of the 2022 T20 World Cup, Virat Kohli grew to become the primary batter to cross the 4000 T20I run mark. The former India captain was additionally the primary to breach the 3000 run mark within the shortest format for India.
Coming in to bat early after India misplaced KL Rahul within the powerplay, Kohli scored his fourth half century of the match, finally taking India to 168/6 of their quota of 20 overs.
The 33-year-old added 61 runs for the fourth wicket with Hardik Pandya, who additionally scored a fifty, earlier than he was picked by Adil Rashid at brief third man off Chris Jordan.
Batting on the Adelaide Oval, Kohli additionally leaped previous Brian Lara to attain essentially the most runs on the Adelaide Oval throughout codecs among the many abroad batters who’ve taken the guard on the floor. Lara had scored 940 runs off 15 innings on the venue whereas Kohli crossed the 950 run mark on the venue in his fifteenth outing.
It was additionally the fourth World Cup knockout match half century for Kohli, who’s the one India batsmen to have scored multiple at that stage.
