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Virat Kohli overtakes Suresh Raina to become Indian batsman with most T20 runs
Virat Kohli now holds the record for the most runs by an Indian in T20 cricket.
Published: Apr 14, 2019, 09:01 AM (IST)
Edited: Apr 14, 2019, 09:01 AM (IST)
Virat Kohli on Saturday surpassed Suresh Raina to become the Indian batsman with most runs in T20 cricket.
While turning out for Royal Challengers Bangalore in an Indian Premier League match against Kings XI Punjab, Kohli played a match-winning hand, hitting 67 off 53 to guide his team to their first win of the ongoing season to thus break a losing streak of six matches.
Before the must-win encounter, Kohli had 8108 runs, needing 38 runs to overtake Raina (8145) for the record. By the time he was out he got hold of the milestone and has now 8175 runs.
| S. no | Name | Matches | Runs | Average | 100s | 50s |
| 1 | Virat Kohli | 259 | 8175 | 41.08 | 4 | 60 |
| 2 | Suresh Raina | 309 | 8145 | 32.84 | 4 | 48 |
| 3 | Rohit Sharma | 305 | 7960 | 32.22 | 6 | 53 |
| 4 | Shikhar Dhawan | 234 | 6657 | 32.31 | 0 | 50 |
| 5 | MS Dhoni | 309 | 6419 | 39.38 | 0 | 26 |
Overall, he’s moved up a spot at sixth in the list of all-time leading run-getter in cricket’s shortest format, a list led by Jamaican Chris Gayle who has scored an incredible 12640 runs in 378 T20s.
| S. no | Name | Matches | Runs | Average | 100s | 50s |
| 1 | Chris Gayle | 378 | 12640 | 39.25 | 21 | 79 |
| 2 | Brendon McCullum | 370 | 9922 | 29.97 | 7 | 55 |
| 3 | Kieron Pollard | 466 | 9222 | 30.03 | 1 | 46 |
| 4 | Shoaib Malik | 345 | 8701 | 36.71 | 0 | 51 |
| 5 | David Warner | 264 | 8460 | 36.15 | 7 | 66 |
| 6 | Virat Kohli | 259 | 8175 | 41.08 | 4 | 60 |
2263 of Kohli’s runs in T20 cricket have come in international cricket in 67 appearances at an excellent average of 50.28 including 20 half-centuries.
At international level, he’s third on the list which topped by his countrymate Rohit Sharma
| S. no | Name | Matches | Runs | Average | 100s | 50s |
| 1 | Rohit Sharma | 94 | 2331 | 32.37 | 4 | 16 |
| 2 | Martin Guptill | 76 | 2272 | 33.91 | 2 | 14 |
| 3 | Virat Kohli | 67 | 2263 | 50.28 | 0 | 20 |
| 4 | Shoaib Malik | 111 | 2263 | 30.58 | 0 | 7 |
| 5 | Brendon McCullum | 71 | 2140 | 35.66 | 2 | 13 |
His innings was timely considering RCB needed to win their Saturday night encounter against KXIP to stay alive in the tournament. They had made a wretched start to their campaign equalling the record for the worst start by any team to an IPL season.
They lost six straight matches while languishing at the bottom of the IPL points table before scoring their first points which have kept them alive in the tournament.
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*NOTE: Statistics updated till April 13, 2019