India skipper Virat Kohli was once again at his majestic best during the second and final T20I against Australia at the Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bengaluru on Wednesday. Despite Kohli’s heroics, Indian bowlers failed to defend a big score lost the match by seven wickets to lose the series 0-2.
Kohli slammed his 20th T20I half-century and in doing so, he joined Rohit Sharma at the top of an elite list. Kohli and Rohit are joint top in the list of most fifty+ scores in the shortest format of the game. Rohit has 16 half-centuries and four centuries to his name in T20Is.
Also, Kohli now holds the record of most four hit in T20Is. The swashbuckling India batsman is tied at the top with former Sri Lanka cricketer Tilakratne Dilshan with 223 fours each. Rohit stands at number four with 207 boundaries to his name.
Kohli’s unbeaten 72 also helped him take the second spot in the list of highest-scores at this venue. Kohli’s score is only bettered by Windies hard-hitter Andre Fletcher.
