Virat Kohli ended a 1019-day drought for his 71st international hundred with his maiden T20I ton for India
Throughout his innings, Kohli broke a lot of records. Here is a list of all the significant records the former India skipper made during his unbeaten knock of 122 from 61 balls.
Former Indian captain opened the innings in place of Rohit Sharma. Ibrahim Zadran of Afghanistan dropped Kohli while he was on 28.
With 276 runs in five innings, he has currently scored the most runs in this Asia Cup. Prior to the competition, Kohli had played in just four T20Is this year, totaling 81 runs in just four innings.
Records broken by Virat Kohli during his 71st international ton
- Virat Kohli surpassed Rohit Sharma’s 118 against Sri Lanka to score the highest T20I score by an Indian.
- Kohli became only the fourth Indian to score a century for India in all the formats of the game (after Suresh Raina, Rohit, and KL Rahul).
- Kohli joins Rohit, Rahul, Raina, Suryakumar Yadav, and Deepak Hooda as the sixth Indian to score a hundred in a Twenty20 international match.
- Kohli equaled Ricky Ponting for the second-most international hundreds – 71
- Kohli became the seventh batter to cross 24,000 international runs. He joins Rahul Dravid and Sachin Tendulkar as the third Indian to reach the milestone.
- Kohli is the fastest to reach 24,000 international runs in 522 innings – he surpassed Tendulkar who reached the mark in 540 innings.