New Delhi. Indian batsman Virat Kohli is running in excellent form in the T20 World Cup. He loves to bat on the bouncy heavy pitch of Australia. This can be gauged from the fact that while playing in Australia, Virat has scored 3,286 runs in 67 innings of 56 international matches at an average of 56.44.
Virat loves playing in Australia. While playing in Australia, Virat has scored 3,286 runs in 67 innings of 56 international matches at an average of 56.44. He has 11 centuries and 17 half-centuries with his bat in Australia. He is India’s second highest run-scorer in Australia. The great cricketer Sachin Tendulkar is at number one. Tendulkar has scored 3,300 runs in 67 matches in Australia at an average of over 42 with 7 centuries and 17 half-centuries. In such a situation, Kohli can break Sachin’s record in the match played against Bangladesh.
Have scored more than 500 runs in T20Is
Talking about T20Is, Virat’s record in Australia is unbelievable. He has scored 607 runs in 13 innings of 14 matches at an average of 85.00. He has 7 half-centuries with his bat, in which his best score is 90 not out. He is the only Indian player to score more than 500 T20I runs in Australia, second only to Shikhar Dhawan (271 runs).
Likes to play on bouncy pitches
A few days back, in an interview on Star Sports, Virat talked about his preparations to play in Australia during the T20 World Cup. Kohli had said, “I don’t watch any of my videos. I go straight to the nets and try to understand things. On a heavy pitch, you should not bend down but play straight.
Let us tell you that Virat Kohli has scored two consecutive half-centuries in the T20 World Cup. First against arch-rivals Pakistan and second against Netherlands. He could only score 12 runs against South Africa. Today India will face Bangladesh. If India wins this match, then it can cement its place in the semi-finals.