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- Virat Kohli scored 122* runs against Afghanistan
- Kohli is the player to score more than 50 runs 33 times
- Only 30-year-old Mohammad Rizwan can outdo him
Virat Kohli made his T20 International debut 12 years ago in 2010 against Zimbabwe. He scored an unbeaten 122 against Afghanistan during the T20 Asia Cup 2022. This is his maiden century in T20 Internationals. That means he had to wait for 12 years for this. As for the T20 tournament, he is currently the highest run-scorer with just one match remaining. The final match between Pakistan and Sri Lanka is to be played tomorrow. Only 30-year-old Mohammad Rizwan can outdo him. For others it is a very difficult task.
Scored more runs than top 8 batsmen
Virat Kohli has scored 276 runs at an average of 92 in 5 matches. Scored a century and two half-centuries. Meanwhile, his strike rate was 148. Rizwan has scored 226 runs in 5 matches. Scored 2 half centuries. It is currently ranked No.1. No other batsman could cross the 200-run mark. Kohli is currently ranked number 29 in the ICC T20 rankings. Yet he has scored more runs in the Asia Cup than the top 8 batsmen in the ICC rankings.
Babar Azam is not even close to Kohli
Babar Azam is second in the T20 rankings. But he has flopped miserably in the tournament so far and failed to score a single half-century. He has scored 63 runs at an average of 13 in 5 matches. Suryakumar Yadav, ranked fourth, scored 139 runs with the help of a half-century. Sri Lanka’s Pathum Nisanka, ranked 8th in the rankings, has so far scored 165 runs with the help of 2 half-centuries. He has to score a century to overtake Kohli.
Kohli’s brilliant performance in the Asia Cup
Indian captain Rohit Sharma scored 133, Afghanistan’s Rahmanullah Gurbaz scored 152, Hazratullah Jazai scored 93 and Najibullah scored 72 in the Asia Cup. All of these are ahead of Kohli in the ICC rankings, but have not scored more runs than him.