New Delhi: T20 World Cup 2022 is being played in Australia. In this big tournament, India won their first match by defeating Pakistan. In the match played against Pakistan, the former captain of the Indian team, Virat Kohli, has won the hearts of everyone by playing a brilliant innings. At the same time, now Virat Kohli’s eyes are not only on the biggest record in the history of T20 World Cup.
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If Virat Kohli scores 90 runs in the T20 World Cup, then he will become the highest run-scorer in this big tournament. Currently, this record is in the name of former Sri Lankan batsman Mahela Jayawardene, who has scored 1016 runs in 31 innings of 31 T20Is between 2007 and 2014. If Virat Kohli crosses the 90-run mark in the T20 World Cup being played this year, then he will become the king of this tournament.
In the 2021 T20 World Cup, West Indies batsman Chris Gayle tried to break the record held by Jayawardene. But, he was 51 runs away. Gayle has scored 965 runs in 31 innings of 33 T20Is between 2007-2021.
Virat Kohli is at number three in the list of highest run scorers in T20 World Cup. He has so far scored 927 runs in 20 innings of 22 T20I matches. That is, Virat needs 39 runs to break Gayle’s record. At the same time, 90 runs are needed to break the biggest record of T20 World Cup recorded for the last 8 years by Mahela Jayawardene.