T20 World Cup 2022: Virat Kohli surpasses Mahela Jayawardene to become most prolific run-scorer in tournament

Kohli
–
became
the
most
prolific
run-scorer
in
the
showpiece
event
–
in
the
Super
12
league
match
against
Bangladesh
in
the
ongoing
T20
World
Cup
2022
here
at
Adelaide
Oval
on
Tuesday
(November
2).

Kohli
became
the
second-highest
run-getter
in
the
tournament’s
history
when
he
scored
12
runs
against
South
Africa
in
the
previous
game.
However,
he
failed
to
get
past
Jayawardene’s
record
by
getting
dismissed
early
in
Perth.

Against
Bangladesh,
Kohli
tucked
left-arm
pacer,
Taskin
Ahmed,
for
a
single
off
his
hip
and
went
past
Jayawardena’s
1016.
Kohli
took
just
23
innings
to
claim
this
milestone
in
his
name,
eight
innings
quicker
than
the
Sri
Lankan.

The
Indian
batting
maestro
–
who
is
the
leading
run-scorer
in
the
ongoing
tournament
with
220
runs
in
four
innings
–
has
scored
in
the
23
innings
at
an
average
of
over
85
and
a
strike
rate
of
131.

Kohli
averages
220
in
the
ongoing
competition
and
has
scored
runs
at
a
strike
rate
of
144.73
and
also
slammed
three
fifties
in
four
innings.
Kohli
scored
another
impressive
64
(not
out)
off
44
balls
in
the
game
and
helped
India
post
a
respectable
total
of
184
for
the
loss
of
six
wickets
in
the
stipulated
20
overs.

Despite
a
lean
trot
earlier
in
the
year,
33-year-old
Kohli
found
his
groove
in
the
Asia
Cup
and
in
bilateral
series
against
Australia
and
South
Africa
leading
up
to
the
event
and
hit
the
ground
running
in
the
much-anticipated
meeting
with
Pakistan
at
the
MCG
in
front
of
over
90,000
people
to
begin
his
tournament.

Runs
against
the
Netherlands
pushed
Kohli
closer
towards
the
thousand
mark,
and
despite
a
blip
against
South
Africa,
he
joined
Jayawardena
as
the
only
man
to
boast
a
four-figure
tally.