Virat Kohli joins Mahela Jayawardene in elite list as he registers rare T20 WC record

Former India captain Virat Kohli has achieved yet ar career milestone in ongoing ICC Men's T20 World Cup 2022 in Australia. During India's match against South Africa on Sunday, Kohli became just second batsman to score 1,000 runs in T20 World Cup history.

33-year-old has joined Sri Lanka legend Mahela Jayawardene in exclusive list with 1,001 runs in 24 matches, which he has scored at an aver of 83.41. He has a whopping 12 T20 World Cup half-centuries to his name.   

Coming into match, Kohli needed 11 runs to become second batter to cross 1,000-run mark in T20 World Cup. Kohli is w on verge of becoming highest run-scorer in tournament's history. Jayawardene remains leading run-getter in T20 World Cup history with 1,016 runs in 31 matches. Earlier in tournament, Kohli went past legendary Sachin Tendulkar to become player with most fifty-plus scores in ICC events. 

India vs South Africa, T20 World Cup 2022

India is currently playing ir third match of ongoing T20 World Cup against South Africa in Perth. After winning toss and opting to bat first, India suffered an early blow as both ir openers were dismissed cheaply in 5th over. Lungi Ngidi removed both Rohit Sharma and KL Rahul for low scores of 15 and 9 runs, respectively. South Africa's pacers were right on money from word go as y picked three more wickets in next four overs. 

Suryakumar Yadav, in meantime, saved day for India by scoring 68 runs off only 40 balls and guiding his team to a decent total of 133/9 in 20 overs. Wayne Parnell eventually got rid of Yadav in 19th over as he attempted to give India one final push with bat. Earlier, Virat Kohli was dismissed for 12 off 11 balls by Lungi Ngidi. Deepak Hooda was removed by Anrich rthje for a duck. Hardik Pandya and Dinesh Karthik were dismissed for 2 and 6 runs by Ngidi and Parnell, respectively. 

South Africa is currently attempting to chase down target after having lost three wickets in powerplay itself. Arshdeep Singh picked two early wickets in form of Quinton de Kock and Rilee Rossouw before Mohammed Shami came into attack and removed South African captain Temba Bavuma. 

Im: AP