IND vs ENG: Virat Kohli becomes the first player to cross 4000 T20I runs. A few days back Virat Kohli surpassed Sri Lankan legend Mahela Jayawardene as the highest run-scorer in T20 World Cup history (1016 runs in 31 matches). At the start of this match, Kohli had 1001 runs in 24 matches. With a single down the on-side in the seventh over of the Indian innings against Taskin, he broke the record.
.@imVkohli becomes the first player to score 4000 runs in the shortest format of cricket#T20WorldCup #INDvENG pic.twitter.com/MLXKdESmYM
— DD News (@DDNewslive) November 10, 2022
Kohli reached this milestone during the second T20 World Cup 2022 semi-final match against England on Thursday in Adelaide.
VIRAT KOHLI 👑
He becomes the first player to cross 4⃣0⃣0⃣0⃣ T20I runs!#T20WorldCup | #INDvENG | 📝: https://t.co/PgKzpNaatB pic.twitter.com/F4v9ppWfVo
— ICC (@ICC) November 10, 2022
The second T20 World Cup semi-final is being played at Adelaide Oval between India and England. Jos Buttler, England’s captain, has won the toss and has chosen to bowl first. Ben Stokes took over the bowling duties for the injured Mark Wood. KL Rahul hits a four on the first pitch. After that, he was out on Chris Woakes’ ball in the second over. Simultaneously, Virat Kohli has become the first batsman in history to reach 4,000 runs in T20Is.
