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India vs Ireland, 1st T20I: Virat Kohli has 3rd-most T20I runs, goes past Shoaib Malik
Kohli is currently ranked eighth in the ICC T20I batting ranking with 670 points.
Published: Jun 29, 2018, 08:47 PM (IST)
Edited: Jun 29, 2018, 08:47 PM (IST)
Virat Kohli has achieved another landmark in the second T20 International match between India and Ireland at the Village, Malahide. Kohli who was out for a duck in the first match opened the batting with KL Rahul in this one. He surpassed the tally of Shoaib Malik‘s 1,989 T20I runs and is 9 runs short of completing 2,000 T20I runs. At this point Kohli is behind only Martin Guptill (2,271) and Brendon McCullum (2,140) in the list of most T20I run-scorers. Kohli reached this landmark in his 59th T20I. Trying to pull Peter Chase top-edged the ball hitting it towards deep square leg. George Dockrell took a well judged catch in the deep.
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Kohli is currently ranked eighth in the ICC T20I batting ranking with 670 points. The other Indian players approaching the 2,000-run landmark are Rohit Sharma (1,949), Suresh Raina (1,509) and MS Dhoni (1,455). After Ireland’s tour India will head to England for a long tour.