Virat Kohli makes cricket history in never-before-seen moment
Virat Kohli has made more cricket history after becoming the first Indian to reach 10,000 Twenty20 runs.
Kohli notched the record after a brilliant half-century for the Royal Challengers Bangalore's in his team's win over Mumbai in the IPL.
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He became just the second person in international cricket to reach 10,000 runs in Twenty20 and ODI's, after West Indian Chris Gayle, and the first Indian.
Remarkably, across international T20 and IPL, Kohli averages more than 40 in the format.
Kohli has a total of 10,038 runs from 314 games at an average of 41.65 in T20s, with 3,159 of those coming while playing for India.
He has scored five hundreds in the format, all for RCB.
His achievement was rightly lauded.
Virat Kohli: the first Indian to complete 10,000 runs in T20. A once in a generation player. One we’re so lucky to have witnessed play the game. 👑 #RCBvMI
— Chloe-Amanda Bailey (@ChloeAmandaB) September 26, 2021
10,000 T20 runs for Virat Kohli 🔥
An extraordinary achievement from an extraordinary cricketer 🙌
He averages over 40 in the format, with 73 fifties and five centuries 🌟https://t.co/l3ocnTfAIQ pic.twitter.com/dt30dfbGqX— ESPNcricinfo (@ESPNcricinfo) September 26, 2021
#ViratKohli #RCBvMI
For India:-
•Most Runs in T20 Cricket - Virat Kohli.
•Most Runs in T20 Int'l - Virat Kohli.
•Most Runs in IPL - Virat Kohli.
•Most IPL runs Of All Time - Virat Kohli. pic.twitter.com/1hbOvc2WQY— Tamil Viratians 🏏 (@Tamil_Viratians) September 26, 2021
Only two players have 10000 runs in First-Class, List A and T20s:
Chris Gayle
Virat Kohli#IPL2021 #RCBvMI— Cricbuzz (@cricbuzz) September 26, 2021
10,000 T20 runs for Virat Kohli 🔥
An extraordinary achievement from an extraordinary cricketer 🙌
He averages over 40 in the format, with 73 fifties and five centuries 🌟 pic.twitter.com/heCEIMTk7i— Tribhuvan (@dabang_0) September 26, 2021
But the captain was happy to share his landmark day with RCB's hat-trick bowler Harshal Patel and Australian Glenn Maxwell.
Virat Kohli salutes Glenn Maxwell's performance
Kohli saluted the Australian 'Maxi' for his all-round player of the match-winning performance which helped RCB to a 54-run win in Sunday's match in Dubai.
The RCB captain got to the mark after pulling Jasprit Bumrah for six in his knock of 51 from 42 balls, joining Gayle, Keiron Pollard, Shoaib Malik and David Warner as the other players to have scored 10,000 runs in the shortest format.
Incredible win. Terrific character on display. 💯
Congrats Harshal on the hat-trick 👏 #PlayBold @RCBTweets pic.twitter.com/ptz8MUaQPG— Virat Kohli (@imVkohli) September 26, 2021
Maxwell joined the fun as he smashed 56 off just 37 balls, including three sixes and six fours, to help propel RCB to 6-165 off their 20 overs. Kohli called the Aussie's effort an "unbelievable" innings.
In reply, the champions Mumbai slumped to 111 all out, with Maxwell also contributing a very useful 2-23 off his four overs.
Their star with the ball, though, was fast bowler Patel, who finished with figures of 4-17 as he became the third Bangalore bowler to take a hat-trick in the IPL.
He took the wickets of Hardik Pandya, Kieron Pollard and Rahul Chahar with three perfect slower deliveries.
Earlier in Abu Dhabi, Chennai Super Kings had pulled off a thrilling last-ball win over Kolkata Knight Riders which lifted the three-time champions back to the top of the league.
with AAP
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