{"id":252167,"date":"2022-10-27T09:39:48","date_gmt":"2022-10-27T09:39:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/haftavasool.com\/haftavasool\/blog\/2022\/10\/27\/t20-world-cup-virat-kohli-becomes-second-highest-run-scorer-in-tournaments-history-cricket-news-times-of-india\/"},"modified":"2022-10-27T09:39:48","modified_gmt":"2022-10-27T09:39:48","slug":"t20-world-cup-virat-kohli-becomes-second-highest-run-scorer-in-tournaments-history-cricket-news-times-of-india","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/haftavasool.com\/haftavasool\/blog\/2022\/10\/27\/t20-world-cup-virat-kohli-becomes-second-highest-run-scorer-in-tournaments-history-cricket-news-times-of-india\/","title":{"rendered":"T20 World Cup: Virat Kohli becomes second highest run-scorer in tournament&#8217;s history | Cricket News &#8211; Times of India"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> [ad_1]<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>SYDNEY: Star Indian batter <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> on Thursday became the second-highest run-scorer in the history of the ICC Men&#8217;s <!-- -->T20 World Cup<!-- -->. He reached this landmark during his side&#8217;s Group 2, Super 12 match of the tournament at <!-- -->Sydney Cricket Ground<!-- --> (<!-- -->SCG<!-- -->). <br \/>In the match, Virat hit a delightful unbeaten 62 off 44 balls. His knock included three fours and two majestic sixes. <br \/>Now, Virat has a total of 989 runs in 23 T20 WC matches across 21 innings at an average of 89.90. He has 12 half-centuries in the tournament, with the best score of 89*. <br \/>Virat won the &#8216;Man of the Tournament&#8217; awards twice in the tournament. He won in 2014 (319 runs) and 2016 (273 runs), becoming the only player to do so. <br \/>He surpassed West Indies legend Chris Gayle to become the second-greatest batter in the tournament. Gayle has scored 965 runs at an average of 34.46 in 33 matches. <br \/>The highest run-scorer in <!-- -->ICC T20 World Cup<!-- --> history is Sri Lankan great Mahela Jayawardene. 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