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IND vs ENG | Virat Kohli turns into sole entrant in 3000-run membership in T20Is

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Debutant Ishan Kishan and skipper Virat Kohli stood out with the bat as India secured a seven-wicket win within the second T20I on Friday and levelled the five-game collection 1-1.

Chasing a 165-run goal on the Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad, Kishan scored 56 off 32 whereas Kohli stitched an unbeaten 49-ball 73 to steer the hosts to victory.

In the method, Kohli additionally turned the one participant in T20Is to breach the 3000-run mark. Scoring his twenty sixth half-century within the shortest format of the sport, Kohli additionally surpassed Rohit Sharma’s document of 25 T20I fifties.

Kohli is now first within the record with 26 T20I half-centuries, adopted by Rohit on 25 and David Warner and Martin Guptill on 19 every. Kohli now has 3001 runs in 87 T20Is with 26 half-centuries.

The Indian skipper boasts a formidable batting document whereas chasing in T20 Internationals. In profitable T20I run-chases, Kohli has amassed 1408 runs in 29 innings at a staggering common of 108.30, together with 14 half-centuries.