Melbourne: Record for India’s Virat Kohli in Twenty20 World Cup. Kohli holds the record of being the highest run scorer in the World Cup. Kohli surpassed Sri Lanka’s Mahela Jayawardene. In 2014, Jayawardena entered the record book with 1016 runs. This is what Kohli has now overcome.
Kohli’s record performance is with a strike rate of 130. In the match against Bangladesh, Kohli scored a single against Taskin Ahmed in the seventh over. Kohli scored 185 runs in the first World Cup in 2012. Kohli performed well in 2016 as well.
Suryakumar Yadav is aiming to become the second batsman to complete 1000 runs in a calendar year in Twenty20. This year, Surya scored 935 runs from 26 matches at an average of 42.50 at a strike rate of 183.69, including eight fifties and one century. If he scores five more runs, he can overtake Pakistan skipper Babar Azam. The current record is held by Muhammad Rizwan who scored 1326 runs in 26 matches last year.