Virat Kohli Breaks Faf du Plessis' World Record In T20Is

Virat Kohli and Co chipped in with a comprehensive win over Sri Lanka in the second T20I at Holkar Cricket Stadium in Indore and have gone 1-0 up in the 3-match series. The first match was abandoned without a ball being bowled due to rain. Talking about the match, Indian mounted pressure on the tourists from the word go. After gaining much-needed confidence, Indians didn’t let Sri Lanka take the game away from them.

Sri Lanka were restricted to 142/9 in their quota of overs. In reply, India aced the target by 7 wickets with 15 balls to spare with the help of KL Rahul (45), Shreyas Iyer (34), Shikhar Dhawan (32) and Virat Kohli (30*). Virat Kohli became the fastest batsman to score 1,000 T20I runs as a captain. He overtook Faf du Plessis to register this feat.

Kohli scored 1000 runs in 30 innings, thus outsmarting the South African skipper, who reached this milestone in 31 innings. New Zealand skipper Kane Williamson took 36 innings to score 1000 runs, Eoin Morgan took 42 innings to accomplish the feat, William Porterfield took 54 innings to register this record while MS Dhoni took 57 games to score 1000 runs.

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Virat Kohli heaps praise on Navdeep Saini

The Indian captain was absolutely happy with the overall performance of the team. He went on to praise the efforts put in by Navdeep Saini and Shardul Thakur. Saini was adjudged the man of the match for his impressive bowling performance of 2/18 in his four-over spell.

“This was a clinical performance, and that’s how we want to build on each series. We have ticked a few more boxes this time. Brilliant from Navdeep. He has done well in ODI cricket, and he’s bowling well in T20s, with experienced guys like Jasprit, Bhuvi and Shardul. It’s a really good sign for the team. It’s good to have Jasprit back again. He was really keen to bowl again, and his pace was up again,” Virat Kohli said at the post-match presentation.

India are just one more win away from clinching the T20I series. On the other hand, Sri Lanka will be looking to forward to giving their best shot to level the series. The third and final match is scheduled to be played at Maharashtra Cricket Association Stadium on January 10 (Friday).