Virat Kohli on Wednesday overtook former Sri Lanka captain Mahela Jayawardene to become the all-time highest run-scorer in T20 World Cup history. Kohli, who boasts of an average of over 80 and a strike rate of over 130 in the T20 World Cup, reached the milestone during India’s Super 12 match against Bangladesh.
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The 33-year-old, playing his fifth T20 World Cup, crossed Jayawardene’s 1016 runs in the seventh over of the Indian innings.
Kohli has 12 half-centuries to his name in all editions of the T20 World Cup, including two in the current edition.
He is the highest run-scorer in all T20 Internationals ahead of compatriot Rohit Sharma (3811), New Zealand’s Martin Guptill (3531) and Pakistan captain Babar Azam (3239).
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