Virat Kohli joins elite list to achieve unique record in T20 cricket
The 35-year-old is playing for RCB in IPL 2024
Indian batter Virat Kohli recorded his 100th fifty-plus score in T20s during Royal Challengers Bengaluru’s IPL 2024 match against Punjab Kings in Bengaluru on Monday.
The 35-year-old is the third batter to do so in T20 cricket. Kohli has managed eight centuries and 92 fifties. Out of these, one century and 37 fifties have come in internationals.
Chris Gayle leads the list with 110 fifty-plus totals, closely followed by David Warner in second place who has 109 such scores to his name. Pakistan batter Babar Azam is fourth in the list with 98 scores of fifty or over.
Remember, Kohli was handed a reprieve on zero, when he edged to first slip off Sam Curran and was put down by Jonny Bairstow. He made the most of the life and reached to a half-century, the 51st in IPL, in 31 balls.
He couldn't finish the game and was out on his personal score of 77 off 49 which included two sixes and 11 fours.
Kohli's performance in the lucrative T20 league will be closely tracked as the event precedes the T20 World Cup in the USA and Caribbean.
There have been rumours of him being not considered in India's T20 side for the mega event
The 35-year-old played his first T20 since the 2022 World Cup back in January against Afghanistan.
Skipper Rohit Sharma also made a comeback in that series and is expected to lead India in the T20 World Cup beginning June 1.
Kohli also missed the five-match home Test series against England due to birth of his second child.
The batting great had a memorable IPL last year, aggregating 639 runs including two hundreds and six half-centuries.
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