Virat Kohli Breaks Mahela Jayawardene's Record, Becomes Highest Run Scorer In Men’s T20 World Cup

On Wednesday, he became the leading run-getter in men’s T20 World Cup cricket during the Super 12 match against Bangladesh at the Adelaide Oval.

Virat Kohli in action. ( Image Source :PTI )

The former India skipper Virat Kohli has been in prolific form for a while. He has been making headlines with his brilliant performances in the ongoing T20 World Cup. On Wednesday, he became the leading run-getter in men’s T20 World Cup cricket during the Super 12 match against Bangladesh at the Adelaide Oval.

He reached the feat when he crossed 16 runs, surpassing the Sri Lanka captain Mahela Jayawardene’s record tally of 1016 runs. Kohli has scored the most number of the fifties in T20 World Cups. He has been in top form in the 2022 T20 World Cup as he smashed two fifties. 

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Virat Kohli becomes the leading run-scorer in ICC Men's #T20WorldCup history, overtaking Mahela Jayawardena 🌟#INDvBAN pic.twitter.com/pycC3qrfiW

— ICC (@ICC) November 2, 2022

The Indian skipper Rohit Sharma is the second leading run-getter in T20 World Cups and T20Is among active cricketers.

MOST RUNS IN T20 WORLD CUP HISTORY

Batter	Matches	Runs
Virat Kohli (IND)	25	1017*
Mahela Jayawardene (SL)	31	1016
Chris Gayle (WI)	33	965
Rohit Sharma (IND)	35	904
Tillakaratne Dilshan (SL)	35	897

India are playing against Bangladesh on Wednesday at the Adelaide Oval. 

Bangladesh Squad: Najmul Hossain Shanto, Soumya Sarkar, Litton Das, Shakib Al Hasan(c), Afif Hossain, Mosaddek Hossain, Nurul Hasan(w), Yasir Ali, Mustafizur Rahman, Hasan Mahmud, Taskin Ahmed, Mehidy Hasan Miraz, Ebadot Hossain, Shoriful Islam, Nasum Ahmed.

India Squad: KL Rahul, Rohit Sharma(c), Virat Kohli, Suryakumar Yadav, Hardik Pandya, Deepak Hooda, Dinesh Karthik(w), Ravichandran Ashwin, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Mohammed Shami, Arshdeep Singh, Rishabh Pant, Axar Patel, Harshal Patel, Yuzvendra Chahal.