Virat Kohli Record In T20 World Cup: The 2024 edition of ICC T20 World Cup, co-hosted by West Indies and USA, starts on Sunday (June 2) with the opening match taking place between Canada and USA at the Grand Prairie Stadium in Texas. The Indian cricket team, led by Rohit Sharma, aims to clinch the T20 World Cup trophy after their defeat in the final of last year's ODI World Cup.
Team India's senior batter Virat Kohli, who was the top run-scorer in IPL 2024, is expected to play a crucial role for the Men in Blue in T20 World Cup tournament and potentially set many records.
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India will play its first match in T20 World Cup against Ireland on June 5. Following this, India will go up against Pakistan in New York on June 9.
Meanwhile, let's take a look at Virat Kohli's record, stats in ICC T20 World Cup.
Virat Kohli, after representing India in five T20 World Cup editions, is all set to play in his sixth T20 World Cup. The 35-year-old is the leading run-scorer in the tournament's history, having scored 1,141 runs in 25 T20 World Cup appearances (innings).
While Kohli has achieved nearly everything possible in international cricket in terms of individual stats and accolades, the elusive ICC T20 World Cup trophy remains the one honor missing from his list.
Virat Kohli's records, stats in T20 World Cup (2012-2022)
Matches: 27
Innings: 25
Runs: 1141
Average: 81.50
Strike-Rate: 131.30
50s: 14
4s/6s: 103 / 28
High score: 89*
In 25 innings of the ICC T20 World Cup, Virat Kohli has struck 103 fours. Known for his elegant cover drives, Kohli needs just 9 more fours in India's upcoming match against Ireland to surpass the record for most fours in the T20 World Cup.
In international cricket across formats (T20, ODI and Tests), Kohli has amassed 26,733 runs in 580 innings across 522 matches played thus far. If he scores 267 runs in the upcoming T20 World Cup 2024 edition, he will reach the milestone of 27,000 international runs, becoming the fourth batsman to achieve this feat after Sachin Tendulkar, Kumar Sangakkara, and Ricky Ponting.