India vs Pakistan: Virat Kohli overtakes Rohit Sharma in elite record with 2nd fifty in Asia Cup 2022
Asia Cup 2022: Virat Kohli hit his second fifty of the continued event as he seemed in high quality contact in opposition to Pakistan within the Super 4 match in Dubai. It was Kohli’s 32 T20I fifty.
Virat Kohli hit a brisk fifty in opposition to Pakistan within the Asia Cup 2022 Super 4 match (AP Photo)
HIGHLIGHTSVirat Kohli acquired to his 2nd fifty in Asia Cup 2022The fifty got here in simply 36 balls as Kohli seemed in high quality contactKohli now has essentially the most fifty-plus scores in T20I cricket
Virat Kohli hit his thirty second T20I fifty on Sunday, September 4 as the previous captain is displaying indicators of a return to peak kind within the ongoing Asia Cup 2022 event. Kohli acquired to his fifty with a bottom-handed six in India’s Super 4 match in opposition to Pakistan on the Dubai International Cricket Stadium.
It was the second fifty for Virat Kohli in Asia Cup 2022 as the previous captain has seemed in high quality contact ever since coming again to worldwide cricket after practically a two-month break. Kohli started with a vital 34-ball 35 in India’s 5-wicket win over Pakistan within the group phases. He hit 3 sixes and a boundary for his 44-ball 59 in opposition to Hong Kong earlier within the event.
In the Super Four match in opposition to Pakistan, Virat Kohli hit 60 from 44 balls as India posted 181 for 7 ultimately of 20 overs. The former captain hit a six and 4 boundaries in knock the place he anchored the Indian innings. Despite wickets falling at common intervals on the different finish, Kohli held the fort and hung in until the ultimate over.
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However, Virat Kohli couldn’t get going within the last over, taking part in 3 dot balls. Kohli was run-out for 60 as he tried to retain the strike within the last over whereas batting with lower-order batter Bhuvneshwar Kumar.
MOST FIFTY-PLUS SCORES IN T20Is
Virat Kohli – 32 (0 100s, 32 fifties) in 102 matches
Rohit Sharma – 31 (4 100s, 27 fifties) in 135 matches
Babar Azam – 27 (1 100, 26 fifties) in 77 matches
David Warner – 23 (1 100, 22 fifties) in 91 matches
Martin Guptill – 22 (2 100s, 20 fifties) in 121 matches
Kohli was struggling for kind, managing simply 81 runs in 4 matches in 2022 earlier than the Asia Cup 2022. Kohli took a break and didn’t journey with the India crew for the tour of the West Indies and Zimbabwe in July-August. However, the previous captain has proved naysayers flawed with a gentle begin to his Asia Cup marketing campaign.
Kohli has scored 154 runs in 3 matches in Asia Cup 2022 and is the main run-scorer for India. With 154 runs, Kohli has gone previous Afghanistan opener Rahmanullah Gurbaz, who’s on the 2nd spot at 135.
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