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In the 8th ICC T20 World Cup being held in Australia for the 8th time in history, India, who is aiming to win the 2nd trophy after 2007, defeated the arch-rivals Pakistan in their first match due to the great performance of Virat Kohli and took revenge for the historic defeat in Dubai last year. With the same freshness, India took on the Netherlands in their 2nd match on 27 October and won by 56 runs. India won the toss and batted first at the famous Sydney Cricket Ground at 12.30 pm Indian time and scored 179/2 in 20 overs.
Opener Rahul started with 9 (12) runs, but joined hands with Virat Kohli who joined hands with the 2nd wicket partnership of 73 runs and captain Rohit Sharma strengthened India with 4 fours and 3 sixes and got out with 53 (39) runs. Virat Kohli, who joined hands with Suriyakumar, who came into the field at that time, made a partnership of 95 runs for the 3rd wicket without getting out till the end and scored 62* (44) runs with 3 fours and 2 sixes. On the other hand, Suryakumar, who played more aggressively than him, finished with 51* (25) runs with 7 fours and 1 six.
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Chasing a target of 180, the Netherlands could not respond to the quality delivery of the Indian bowlers but managed to avoid getting all out and failed by scoring only 123/9 in 20 overs. Max O’Dowd 16, Dee Leedy 16, Captain Edwards 5 were the main players who got out with few runs and Tim Priling scored the maximum 20 (15) runs for the team. On behalf of India, Ravichandran Ashwin, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Axar List and Arshideep Singh took 2 wickets each.
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— Virat Kohli (@imVkohli) October 27, 2022
With this easy win, India have topped the Group 2 points table with 4 points after registering 2 wins in the 2 matches played. Suryakumar Yadav was announced as the man of the match for this victory but Virat Kohli who showed amazing class batting than him scored 62* (44) runs and again acted as the dark horse in India’s victory. He has been the backbone of the Indian batting department for the last 15 years and has achieved many historic victories, but after 2019 he suffered a mega slump and was unable to score a century.
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In response, he returned to form in the recent Asia Cup with his first century in T20 cricket and smashed his critics, playing one of the best innings in history against Pakistan and leading India to victory as Panneerselvam.
Continuing that winning streak, he has broken West Indies great Chris Gayle’s record of becoming the 2nd highest run scorer in the T20 World Cup with his 62* in this match. That list:
1. Mahila Jayawardene : 1016
2. Virat Kohli : 989*
3. Chris Gayle : 965
4. Rohit Sharma : 904*
5. Thilakaratne Dilsan : 897
Virat Kohli also holds the amazing record of being the 2nd player to score at least 1000+ runs across all formats of the ICC World Cup including 20 overs and 50 overs with a batting average of over 60. Apart from him, only West Indies legend Sir Vivian Richards has achieved this feat in the world.
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