Indian team's star batsman Virat Kohli is in great form at the moment. King Kohli was the highest run-scorer in IPL 2024. Now King Kohli will be seen wreaking havoc with the bat while playing in the T20 World Cup. The Indian team will start its campaign from June 5. After this, India will face Pakistan on June 9.
The countdown to the T20 World Cup 2024 has started. This tournament is to start from June 1 under the hosting of West Indies and America. Through this mega event, the Indian team would like to end the long-running drought of the ICC Trophy. Let us tell you that in the year 2022, the Indian team had to face defeat in the semi-final match.
This time the Indian team will start its campaign in the tournament by playing a match against Ireland. After this, Team India will face Pakistan on June 9, the match which cricket fans are eagerly waiting for. Virat Kohli can be seen making a blast with the bat against Pakistan. In such a situation, let us know how has been Virat Kohli's record against Pakistan in the T20 World Cup.
Virat Kohli's bat always thunders against Pakistan (IND vs PAK) in the T20 World Cup. Kohli is the highest run scorer against Pakistan. He has scored five half-centuries against Pakistan. He played a total of 10 matches against Pakistan in the T20 World Cup from 2012 to 2022 and scored 488 runs. During this, his highest score was 82 not out, which came in the match played in the year 2022.
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Virat Kohli was not a part of Team India in the 2007 T20 World Cup. Since then, he has played against Pakistan in every edition. He has scored 308 runs in five innings against this team. These include four 50+ scores. Virat has remained unbeaten in four out of five innings. In the 2012 World Cup, he scored 78 not out in 61 balls, 36 not out in the 2014 World Cup, 55 not out in the 2016 World Cup, 57 not out in the 2021 World Cup and 82 not out in the 2022 World Cup. Virat is also a part of Team India this year and all the fans are looking forward to seeing him play in the match on June 9. Virat's record against Pakistan is so great that even the bowlers there are very afraid of him. After Ireland on June 5 and Pakistan on June 9, India will face the US on June 12 and Canada on June 15. After this, Super-8 matches and then semi-final matches will be played.
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Virat Kohli has remained not out four times in T20 International matches against Pakistan. In 2014, he scored an unbeaten 36 runs in Mirpur. After this, in 2016, an innings of 55 runs was seen from Kohli's bat at Eden Gardens and then everyone will remember the unbeaten 82 runs in the last World Cup season. Apart from all this, Kohli has also scored 5 half-centuries against Pakistan.
Whenever the teams of India and Pakistan have faced each other in T20 International matches, if anyone has the highest individual score in these matches, then it is Virat Kohli. He is at the top with an unbeaten 82 runs scored in the 2022 T20 World Cup. Pakistan's Mohammad Rizwan is at number two with 79 not out runs. Virat's name is again at number three. He scored an unbeaten 78 runs in one match.
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Virat Kohli holds the record for scoring the most runs in the history of the T20 World Cup. This batsman, who has played 5 T20 World Cups, has so far scored 1,141 runs in 25 innings of 27 matches and during this, his strike rate has been 131.3. Kohli's amazing average is a witness to his reign. In the T20 World Cup, he has scored runs at an average of 81.5. Virat has scored a record 14 half-centuries in just 25 innings. Kohli has scored the most runs for India four times in the five T20 World Cups played so far, and has been the top scorer of the tournament three times.
| Year | Mat | Inns | NO | 100s | 50s | 4s | 6s | 0s | HS | Runs | Avg |
| 2010 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 26* | 26 | - |
| 2011 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 28 | 61 | 15.25 |
| 2012 | 14 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 57 | 7 | 0 | 78* | 471 | 39.25 |
| 2013 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 29 | 29 | 29.00 |
| 2014 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 33 | 11 | 0 | 77 | 385 | 96.25 |
| 2015 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 43 | 44 | 22.00 |
| 2016 | 15 | 13 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 70 | 9 | 0 | 90* | 641 | 106.83 |
| 2017 | 10 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 32 | 8 | 1 | 82 | 299 | 37.38 |
| 2018 | 10 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 8 | 1 | 61* | 211 | 30.14 |
| 2019 | 10 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 29 | 23 | 0 | 94* | 466 | 77.67 |
| 2020 | 10 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 18 | 10 | 0 | 85 | 295 | 36.88 |
| 2021 | 10 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 25 | 10 | 1 | 80* | 299 | 74.75 |
| 2022 | 20 | 20 | 6 | 1 | 8 | 66 | 26 | 1 | 122* | 781 | 55.79 |
| 2024 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 29 | 29 | 14.50 |
| Overall | 117 | 109 | 31 | 1 | 37 | 361 | 117 | 5 | 122* | 4037 | 51.76 |
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