Highlights:
- Virat became the captain with most of the 50-plus scores in T20 International cricket
- This was the 28th half-century of Kohli’s T20 career
- Kohli scored 231 runs in 5 innings against England.
- Virat Kohli, captain of the Indian cricket team, scored an unbeaten 80-run unbeaten off 52 balls with 7 fours and 2 sixes in the 5th and final T20I match against England (India vs England 5th T20).
During this time Kohli registered a big achievement in his name. Virat has become the highest run-scorer captain in T20 International cricket.
After today’s match, Kohli left behind Australia’s limited-overs team captain Aaron Finch, who had a record of 1462 runs. New Zealand captain Kane Williamson is third with 1383 runs while England captain Eoin Morgan is fourth with 1321 runs in T20 Internationals. Faf du Plessis of South Africa is at number five with 1273 runs.
Kohli scored his third half-century in the current 5-match T20 series. This is the 28th half-century of Kohli’s T20 career. Kohli achieved this feat as soon as he completed the 42nd run in this match.
Virat Kohli has also reached the top in terms of scoring the most runs in a 5-match T20 series in a bilateral (against Test-playing teams). Kohli has scored 231 runs in 5 innings against England. During this period, Virat left behind KL Rahul, who scored 224 runs in the 5-match T20 series on the New Zealand tour. At number three in this list is Colin Munro, who scored 223 runs in 2018 against the Windies.
Kohli has scored 50-plus 12 times as captain in this short format of cricket so far. Williamson (11) is second and Finch (10) is third in this list. Morgan (9) is ranked number four and du Plessis (8) is number five.
