{"id":229822,"date":"2022-09-01T10:32:32","date_gmt":"2022-09-01T10:32:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/haftavasool.com\/haftavasool\/blog\/2022\/09\/01\/virat-kohli-equals-record-of-most-fifty-plus-scores-in-t20is-cricket-news-times-of-india\/"},"modified":"2022-09-01T10:32:32","modified_gmt":"2022-09-01T10:32:32","slug":"virat-kohli-equals-record-of-most-fifty-plus-scores-in-t20is-cricket-news-times-of-india","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/haftavasool.com\/haftavasool\/blog\/2022\/09\/01\/virat-kohli-equals-record-of-most-fifty-plus-scores-in-t20is-cricket-news-times-of-india\/","title":{"rendered":"Virat Kohli equals record of most fifty plus scores in T20Is | Cricket News &#8211; Times of India"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> [ad_1]<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>DUBAI: <a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/topic\/virat-kohli\" styleobj=\"[object Object]\" class=\"\" data-ga=\"within_article-topic_link|topic_virat-kohli\" frmappuse=\"1\">Virat Kohli<\/a> scored his 31st half-century on Wednesday, equalling the record with <a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/topic\/rohit-sharma\" styleobj=\"[object Object]\" class=\"\" data-ga=\"within_article-topic_link|topic_rohit-sharma\" frmappuse=\"1\">Rohit Sharma<\/a> for scoring the most 50-plus scores in T20Is. <br \/>The former India captain achieved this feat during India&#8217;s Group A tie against Hong Kong in Dubai in the ongoing 2022 edition of the tournament. <br \/>Kohli found much-needed form in the match, scoring an unbeaten 59 of 44 deliveries with the help of a boundary and three towering sixes. He looked scratchy, to begin with, but found the middle of the bat in the later stages of the innings. <br \/>He now has 31 half-centuries in 93 innings from 101 matches. His highest score was 94* which came against the West Indies in December 2019. <br \/>The 33-year-old is now tied with Rohit Sharma who also has 31 half-centuries in 126 innings from 134 matches along with four centuries. <br \/>Babar Azam, <a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/topic\/david-warner\" styleobj=\"[object Object]\" class=\"\" data-ga=\"within_article-topic_link|topic_david-warner\" frmappuse=\"1\">David Warner<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/topic\/martin-guptill\" styleobj=\"[object Object]\" class=\"\" data-ga=\"within_article-topic_link|topic_martin-guptill\" frmappuse=\"1\">Martin Guptill<\/a>, and Paul Stirling are the only players with more than 20 scores of fifty or more in T20Is. No other batter has more than 30 such scores. <br \/>Virat also recently became the first Indian player to represent India in 100 matches across the three formats, he joined <a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/topic\/ross-taylor\" styleobj=\"[object Object]\" class=\"\" data-ga=\"within_article-topic_link|topic_ross-taylor\" frmappuse=\"1\">Ross Taylor<\/a> to become the second player ever to do so. <br \/>In his 100th T20I match against Pakistan, Virat scored 35 of 34 calls before getting out. <\/div>\n<p><script>!(function(f, b, e, v, n, t, s) {\n                  window.TimesApps = window.TimesApps || {};\n                  const { TimesApps } = window;\n                  TimesApps.loadFBEvents = function() {\n                    (function(f, b, e, v, n, t, s) {\n                      if (f.fbq) return;\n                      n = f.fbq = function() {\n                        n.callMethod ? n.callMethod(...arguments) : n.queue.push(arguments);\n                      };\n                      if (!f._fbq) f._fbq = n;\n                      n.push = n;\n                      n.loaded = !0;\n                      n.version = '2.0';\n                      n.queue = [];\n                      t = b.createElement(e);\n                      t.async = !0;\n                      t.src = v;\n                      s = b.getElementsByTagName(e)[0];\n                      s.parentNode.insertBefore(t, s);\n                    })(f, b, e, v, n, t, s);\n                    fbq('init', '593671331875494');\n                    fbq('track', 'PageView');\n                  };\n                })(\n                  window,\n                  document,\n                  'script',\n                  'https:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/fbevents.js',\n                );<\/script><script>if(typeof window !== 'undefined') {\n                  window.TimesApps = window.TimesApps || {};\n                  const { TimesApps } = window;\n                  TimesApps.loadScriptsOnceAdsReady = () => {\n                    var scripts = [\n                    'https:\/\/static.clmbtech.com\/ad\/commons\/js\/2658\/toi\/colombia_v2.js' ,\n                    'https:\/\/www.googletagmanager.com\/gtag\/js?id=AW-877820074',\n                    'https:\/\/imasdk.googleapis.com\/js\/sdkloader\/ima3.js',\n                    'https:\/\/tvid.in\/sdk\/loader.js',\n                    'https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/video_comscore_api\/version-3.cms',\n                    'https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/grxpushnotification_js\/minify-1,version-1.cms',\n                    'https:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/sdk.js#version=v10.0&xfbml=true',\n                    'https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/locateservice_js\/minify-1,version-14.cms'\n                  ];\n                    scripts.forEach(function(url) {\n                      let script = document.createElement('script');\n                      script.type=\"text\/javascript\";\n                      if(!false && !false && !false && url.indexOf('colombia_v2')!== -1){\n                        script.src = url;\n                      } else if (!false && !false && !false && url.indexOf('sdkloader')!== -1) {\n                        script.src = url;\n                      } else if (!false && (url.indexOf('tvid.in\/sdk') !== -1 || url.indexOf('connect.facebook.net') !== -1)) {\n                        script.src = url;\n                      } else if (url.indexOf('colombia_v2')== -1 && url.indexOf('sdkloader')== -1 && url.indexOf('tvid.in\/sdk')== -1 && url.indexOf('connect.facebook.net') == -1){\n                        script.src = url;\n                      }\n                      script.async = true;\n                      document.body.appendChild(script);\n                    });\n                  }\n                }\n                <\/script><br \/>\n<br \/>[ad_2]<br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/sports\/cricket\/asia-cup\/virat-kohli-equals-record-of-most-fifty-plus-scores-in-t20is\/articleshow\/93927238.cms\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[ad_1] DUBAI: Virat Kohli scored his 31st half-century on Wednesday, equalling the record with Rohit Sharma for scoring the most 50-plus scores in T20Is. 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