New Delhi. All the questions that were being raised about Virat Kohli’s form in the Asia Cup 2022, he answered all those questions. Virat Kohli was looking desperate to score runs from the beginning of this tournament and in the last match he played a historic innings which proved to be India’s biggest innings in the history of Asia Cup T20 cricket.
Not only this, he also became the batsman to play the biggest innings for India in T20 International cricket. Kohli’s return to form was probably the biggest achievement of this Asia Cup 2022 for India. Kohli’s unbeaten 122 against Afghanistan did work to a great extent to ease the pain of Team India not reaching the final.
Kohli scored the most runs for India in the Asia Cup
Virat Kohli was the highest run-scorer for India in the Asia Cup 2022. Kohli scored 276 runs in 5 innings of 5 matches at an average of 92.00 and remained unbeaten twice. He scored a century and two half-centuries in this tournament and his best innings was an unbeaten 122. Even after being dismissed for zero in one match, his strike rate was 147.59 and Kohli also hit 20 fours and 11 sixes.
India’s second highest run-scorer in the Asia Cup 2022 was Suryakumar Yadav, who scored 139 runs in 5 innings of 5 matches with a half-century and averaged 34.75. This time the Indian captain Rohit Sharma was at number three in terms of scoring the most runs, who scored 133 runs in 4 innings of 4 matches at an average of 33.25 and also scored a half-century. On the other hand, KL Rahul finished fourth, scoring 132 runs in 5 innings of 5 matches at an average of 26.40 and scoring a half-century. Rishabh Pant was at number five in terms of runs, who scored 51 runs in 3 innings of 4 matches at an average of 25.50.
Top 5 batsmen who scored the most runs for India in Asia Cup 2022-
Virat Kohli – 276 runs
Suryakumar Yadav – 139 runs
Rohit Sharma – 133 runs
KL Rahul – 132 runs
Rishabh Pant – 51 runs