JAIPUR โ Star Indian batter and earlier Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) captain Virat Kohli achieved a major milestone in T20 cricket during the Indian Premier League (IPL) match against Rajasthan Royals at the Sawai Mansingh Stadium on Sunday.
Kohli became only the second batter and the first-ever Indian to score 100 half-centuries in T20 cricket history. He got this landmark in his 405th T20 arrival, underscoring his constancy and dominance in the shortest arrangement of the game.
Australian opener David Warner presently heads the list with 108 T20 fifties in 400 matches. Kohli follows carefully with 100 half-centuries in 405 matches.
Most Half-Centuries in T20 Career:
ยทย ย ย ย ย ย David Warner โ 108 fifties (400 matches)
ยทย ย ย ย ย ย Virat Kohli โ 100 fifties (405 matches)
ยทย ย ย ย ย ย Babar Azam โ 90 fifties (311 matches)
ยทย ย ย ย ย ย Chris Gayle โ 88 fifties (463 matches)
ยทย ย ย ย ย ย Jos Buttler โ 86 fifties (440 matches)
Kohliโs latest half-century against Rajasthan Royals was his 58th in the IPL, and his 66th overall 50-plus score in the league binding him with David Warner for the most 50+ scores in IPL history.
During his IPL career, Warner scored four centuries and 62 fifties in 184 matches for Delhi Capitals and Sunrisers Hyderabad. Kohli, in distinction, has eight centuries and 58 fifties in 258 IPL matches.
Most 50+ Scores in IPL:
ยทย ย ย ย ย ย Virat Kohli (RCB) โ 66
ยทย ย ย ย ย ย David Warner (DC/SRH) โ 66
ยทย ย ย ย ย ย Shikhar Dhawan (MI/DC/Deccan Chargers/SRH/PBKS) โ 53
ยทย ย ย ย ย ย Rohit Sharma (Deccan Chargers/MI) โ 45
ยทย ย ย ย ย ย KL Rahul (RCB/SRH/PBKS/LSG) โ 43
ยทย ย ย ย ย ย AB de Villiers (DC/RCB) โ 43
Kohli has been in excellent form in the ongoing IPL season. He began with an undefeated 59 against Kolkata Knight Riders at Eden Gardens on March 22. In the next match against Chennai Super Kings at the MA Chidambaram Stadium, he recorded 31 runs off 30 balls.
Though discharged for just 7 runs against Gujarat Titans at the M. Chinnaswamy Stadium on 2 April, he bounded back with a top score of 67 against Mumbai Indians. In RCBโs most current match against Delhi Capitals in Bengaluru, Kohli donated 22 runs.
