Virat Kohli in record style at T20I win against Aussies

Star Indian batter Virat Kohli became the second player to score 16,000 runs in white-ball international cricket.

Kohli reached this landmark during the third T20I against Australia in Hyderabad. In the match, the 'Chase Master' Kohli was in full flow, switching from attacker to anchor, from anchor to attacker at will. He struck 63 runs in 48 balls, consisting of three fours and four sixes. His strike rate was also pretty solid at 131.25.

Now, Kohli has 16,004 runs across T20I and ODI formats. These runs have come in 369 matches in white-ball cricket across 352 innings at an average of 55.95. He has 44 centuries in white-ball cricket and 97 half-centuries too.
He has scored 12,344 runs in 262 ODIs at an average of 57.68. 43 centuries and 64 half-centuries have come from his bat, with the best individual score of 183.

In T20Is, he has scored 3,660 runs in 107 matches at an average of 50.83. One century and 33 half-centuries have been scored by Kohli in the shortest format, with a best of 122.

Kohli is also the second-highest run-scorer in the history of white-ball cricket.

The first one to score 16,000 runs in white-ball cricket is legendary cricketer Sachin Tendulkar.

Tendulkar played a total of 463 ODIs, scoring 18,426 runs at an average of 44.83. 49 centuries and 96 half-centuries came from his bat, with the best score of 200*.

In all, Sachin has scored 18,436 runs in 464 white-ball matches at an average of 43.58.

(ANI)