Published 17:58 IST, June 12th 2020

Virat Kohli finishes 10 years in T20I cricket, fans start #10YearsofKingKohliinT20Is trend

Fans start trending #10YearsofKingKohliinT20Is on Twitter as the Indian captain completes ten years of playing in the shortest format of the game.

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Although cricket matches have been put on hold due to global coronavirus pandemic, Indian cricketers are still finding a way to make helines for varying reasons. Indian skipper and RCB icon Virat Kohli was trending earlier on Friday after completing 10 years since making his T20I debut for Indian national team back in 2010. Fans in country and around globe started flooding Twitter with various hashtags in order to congratulate Kohli and this particular #10YearsofKingKohliinT20Is immediately got trending. Here is a look at Virat Kohli's T20I journey and Virat Kohli T20I runs record since making his debut in 2010.

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Virat Kohli finishes 10 years in T20I cricket, fans start #10YearsofKingKohliinT20Is trend

Virat Kohli me his T20I debut for India in 2010 against Zimbabwe at Harare. Indian youngster remained t out on 26 off 21 balls as India beat Zimbabwe by a six-wicket margin with 30 balls still left to play. Since n, Kohli has gone from strength-to-strength in T20I format having represented India at 2012, 2014 and 2016 ICC T20 World Cups. However, Virat Kohli is yet to win a T20 World Cup with national team. A small negative (for Virat Kohli's high standards at least) is that Kohli is yet to score an international century in T20I format but has done so in Indian Premier League with RCB. If T20 World Cup does take place in Australia later this year, Virat Kohli could well aim to break that century drought in competition.

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Virat Kohli T20I runs so far

Virat Kohli has represented India in a total of 82 matches since making his debut in 2010. Indian icon has gone on to score 2794 runs with an aver of 50.80. 2014, when India me finals of T20 World Cup was one of best years for Kohli in shortest format of game. India me finals that year but failed to beat Sri Lanka. However, champion Indian batsman put in a stellar performance over course of tournament.

Virat Kohli scored 242 runs in five matches at an aver of 121, including innings of 36 t out against Pakistan. His most memorable innings from competition was match-winning kck of 72* against South Africa in semis.

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