Virat Kohli Stamps His Domination After Brilliant Knock Versus Australia In World T20
Virat Kohli displayed his class in India's tense victory over Australia. His effort helped India enter the semi-finals by defeating Australia by six wickets in the World Twenty20.
Highlights
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Kohli's 82* helped India qualify for semi-finals.
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India defeated Australia by six wickets in Mohali
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Kohli was the Man of the Match for his knock.
Virat Kohli proved to the cricketing world why he is special. In the match against Australia, Kohli stamped his brilliance by smashing yet another fifty in a tense chase to help India win the match by six wickets to enter the semi-finals of the World T20. (Kohli Proves His Era Has Begun)
In the course of his amazing knock of 82, Kohli once again notched up some amazing records in the course of this match. Here are some statistical snippets
15 - Number of fifties by Virat Kohli in Twenty20 Internationals, which are the most by any player in this format. Before Kohli, Chris Gayle, Tillakaratne Dilshan and Brendon McCullum had 13 fifties
39 - The number of innings Kohli has taken to get past 1500 runs in Twenty20 Internationals. He is the quickest to achieve this feat, beating the mark set by Gayle in 44 innings.
107.20 - Virat Kohli's average in 2016 in Twenty20 Internationals this season. In this year, he has smashed six fifties.
4- The number of fifties that he has smashed against Australia. The amazing thing is, he has scored four consecutive fifties against Australia. In four Twenty20 Internationals this season, he has smashed 90*,59*, 50 and 82*. In four matches against them, he averages 281.
76.44 - Kohli's average in the World T20 after his knock of 82* versus Australia. He has the best average amongst batsman in this tournament.
122.8 - The average of Kohli in successful run-chases for India. His record while chasing, before this match, was 109.