Virat Kholi’s performance was the only saving grace amidst India’s disastrous performance at Adelaide Oval on Thursday. Kohli on Thursday became the first batter to complete 1, 100 runs in T20 World Cups. When India’s wicket fell like a pack of cards against the England bowlers, the star batter of the country scored a delightful 50 off 40 balls. His knock consisted of four boundaries and one six. His strike rate was 125.00.
Adelaide Oval: Amid disastrous performance by Team India in the second semi-final against England at Adelaide in the T20 World Cup, which stopped their entry in the final, Virat Kholi’s performance was the only saving grace. Kohli on Thursday became the first batter to complete 1, 100 runs in T20 World Cups.
When India’s wicket fell like a pack of cards against the England bowlers, the star batter of the country scored a delightful 50 off 40 balls. His knock consisted of four boundaries and one six. His strike rate was 125.00. On the second position in the tally is Sri Lanka’s Mahela Jayawardene who scored 1016. Chris Gayle has got the third spot by scoring 965 runs.
This was Kohli’s fourth half-century in the ongoing tournament where he is currently the leading run getter. He has scored 296 runs in six innings at an average of 98.66, which includes his knock of 82 against Pakistan at Melbourne. He has also become the first player in history to cross 4,000 runs in T20 international cricket.
Other top batters in the shortest format of the game are Indian skipper Rohit Sharma (3, 853), New Zealand opening veteran Martin Guptill (3, 531), Pakistan skipper Babar Azam (3,323) and Ireland opener Paul Stirling (3,181).
In the semi-final match, India scored 168/6 in their 20 overs. Hardik Pandya scored 63 off 33 balls and Virat Kohli (50). Nevertheless, England scored 170 without losing any wicket and with 20 balls to spare. They defeated India by ten wickets and reached the final to play against Pakistan.
England bowler Chris Jordan took three wickets by conceding 43 runs. Chris Woakes and Adil Rashid took one wicket each.
