Looking back at the T20I career of Virat Kohli

Virat Kohli has had one of the most legendary careers in the history of the shortest format of the sport and he is the highest run getter in international T20Is. Virat Kohli has played this format for over a decade and he has been a big part of the Indian team that has won a lot of matches for India but under his leadership India were not able to win the ICC event they so wanted to and with the latest team announcement it is clear that Virat Kohli has played his last match in T20I cricket.

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Let’s look at the incredible career of Virat Kohli in T20Is and celebrate this legendary career over the years.

A true all Time Great in this format

Virat Kohli has played a total of 115 T20Is over his glorious career which makes him only 1 out of 2 players who have played 100+ international Matches in all 3 formats of cricket. And if not for the Indian team going into a transition phase, Virat Kohli would have been playing for India going forward. In the 115 Matches he played, He scored a total of 4007 runs and is the highest run getter in this format and he is the only batter to achieve this landmark. He has an average of 52.73 in this format where the average of players is around the 30 mark.

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Virat Kohli has made 1 hundred in his career in this format as well which came last year vs Afghanistan when he scored 122* and this was also his first century after a gap of 1000+ days and Virat Kohli showed the world that he is still playing at the best level. And nobody can forget the mind boggling 82* the match he scored against Pakistan was one of the best innings that has been played in this format and that innings will always be in the mind of all the fans.

Virat Kohli is still an important part of the test and ODI Teams and he will be a very important part of the World Cup squad this year which will play in India. Virat Kohli could have played more T20IS for India but it was time to move on and now Virat Kohli can focus on adding to the 274 ODI Matches he has played and the 12898 runs and his 46 ODI Hundreds. And in test cricket he has played 109 Test Matches and he has made 8479 Runs. The happy part is that the fans will continue to see him play in the IPL and he will add to his 237 IPL Matches and his 7263 runs and 7 IPL hundreds.

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