T20 World Cup 2022: Virat Kohli on threshold of smashing Sachin Tendulkar's ICC record

Former India captain Virat Kohli is on verge of breaking yet ar record of legendary Sachin Tendulkar in ongoing ICC Men's T20 World Cup in Australia. Kohli is just one half-century away from breaking Tendulkar's record of most fifty-plus scores in history of ICC limited overs tournament. 33-year-old currently has 23 half-centuries in ICC white-ball tournaments, which is equal to Tendulkar's record. 

If Kohli scores a fifty in ongoing T20 World Cup, he will surpass Tendulkar to become player with most half-centuries in history of ICC multi-nation limited-overs tournament. Kohli will get opportunity to break Tendulkar's record on Sunday, October 23, during India's opening match of T20 World Cup 2022 against arch-rivals Pakistan. Kohli boasts a great record against Men in Green as he has scored several fifty-plus scores against side in multiple ICC events over years.

Kohli has alrey broken several records previously held by Tendulkar, including fastest to score 23,000 international runs. Kohli reached milestone in his 490th innings, beating Tendulkar's record by 32 innings. Earlier this year, Kohli scored his 71st international century to go past former Australian skipper Ricky Ponting in list of players with most international hundreds to ir name. Kohli w only stands behind Tendulkar's tally of 100 international centuries. 

Kohli's return to form

After a lean patch for more than three years, Kohli roared back to form during recently-concluded Asia Cup. right-handed batter finished tournament as second-highest run-scorer after Pakistan's Mohamm Rizwan. Kohli is expected to do well in ongoing T20 World Cup in Australia, which has always been his bastion outside of India. Kohli has scored most runs in Australia as a n-Australian batter in limited-overs cricket.  

India will play its opening game of ongoing T20 World Cup against Pakistan on Sunday. match is scheduled to take place at Melbourne Cricket Ground (MCG) with over 1,00,000 spectators expected to be in attendance.  

India squ for ICC T20 World Cup: Rohit Sharma (Captain), KL Rahul (vice-captain), Virat Kohli, Suryakumar Yav, Deepak Hooda, Rishabh Pant (wicket-keeper), Dinesh Karthik (wicket-keeper), Hardik Pandya, R. Ashwin, Yuzvendra Chahal, Axar Patel, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Harshal Patel, Arshdeep Singh, Mohammed Shami. Backups: Mohammed Siraj, Shardul Thakur. 

Im: PTI