The Indian legendary cricketer Virat Kohli became the new leading run-scorer of the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup history during their crucial game against Bangladesh in the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup 2022 this Wednesday (2nd November) night.
It was a very important game between India and Bangladesh in the Group 2 of the Super 12 stage of this competition as both teams were playing one of their must-win matches in this stage.
Once again the former Indian captain Virat Kohli played a strong role with his bat in India’s victory. The right-handed batter scored 64 not out off 44 balls (8 fours and one six) and guided his nation to the first innings score of 184/6 (20 overs). Also, opener KL Rahul (50 off 32 balls), middle-order batter Suryakumar Yadav (30 off 16 balls) and lower-order batter Ravichandran Ashwin (13* off 6 balls) played important roles in the Indian batting line-up.
Most runs in ICC Men’s T20 World Cup history: Virat Kohli surpassed Mahela Jayawardene
During that crucial innings, Kohli surpassed former Sri Lankan batting legend Mahela Jayawardene to become the leading run-scorer in the Men’s T20 World Cup history. While Jayawardene scored 1016 runs in this competition history, Kohli scored 1065 runs in this tournament history after his latest game.
During India’s previous game against South Africa, Kohli became the second cricketer (after Mahela Jayawardene) to reach the 1000 runs milestone in the Men’s T20 World Cup history. Now, the Indian right-handed batter is on top of the list of the most runs in Men’s T20 World Cup history.
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Top five leading run-scorer in Men’s T20 World Cup history
Player (Team) | Runs |
Virat Kohli (India) | 1065 |
Mahela Jayawardene (Sri Lanka) | 1016 |
Chris Gayle (West Indies) | 965 |
Rohit Sharma (India) | 921 |
Tillakaratne Dilshan (Sri Lanka) | 897 |
Most runs in ICC Men’s T20 World Cup history: Rohit Sharma is chasing Kohli
The Indian teammate and present national team skipper Rohit Sharma is chasing Kohli in the list of leading run-scorer in Men’s T20 World Cup history. Rohit is in the fourth spot in this list with 921 runs in this competition, just behind the West Indies legend Chris Gayle (965 runs).
Just in their last game against South Africa, Rohit became the new record holder of most appearances in ICC Men’s T20 World Cup history.
India won by 5 runs (DLS method)
Coming back to the latest India vs Bangladesh match, the Bangladesh opener Liton Das was dominating with the bat at the start of the chasing. When the rain was spoiling the game in the seventh over of the second innings, Bangladesh was in the winning position with 66/0.
Later, the game resumed with the revised target of 151 runs in 16 overs. However, India strongly made a comeback in that game with quick wickets and restricted their opposition to 145/6 in 16 overs. So, India clinched a vital five-run win (DLS method) in that game.
