India’s star batsman Virat Kohli played a match-winning innings of 63 runs in the third and final T20 International against Australia on Sunday and made a big achievement to his name. Kohli has reached the second place among the highest run-scorers in international cricket for India.
Virat Kohli broke the record of his own head coach and former Indian captain Rahul Dravid. Kohli now has a total of 24,078 runs in international cricket. He is 14 runs ahead of Dravid. Dravid has scored a total of 24,064 runs in international cricket.
However, the record for scoring the most runs in international cricket for India is held by the great batsman and legend Sachin Tendulkar. Tendulkar has scored 34,357 runs in international cricket.
Where Sachin Tendulkar scored 34,357 runs in 664 matches, at the same time, Virat Kohli has 24,078 runs in 471 matches. Rahul Dravid has scored 24,064 runs in 404 matches. Sourav Ganguly is fourth with 18,433 runs from 421 matches while MS Dhoni is at fifth position with 17,092 runs from 535 matches.
Virat Kohli played a brilliant innings in the third T20 International against Australia and played a key role in helping India win by six wickets with a ball to spare. The right-handed batsman scored 63 runs in 48 balls with the help of three fours and four sixes.
Let us inform you that in the match played at the Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium in Hyderabad, Australia scored 186 runs in 20 overs losing 7 wickets by batting first. In reply, the Indian team achieved the target in 19.5 overs for the loss of 4 wickets.With this, the Indian team won the three-match T20 International series 2-1 against Australia. Kohli’s form ahead of the T20 World Cup is a great sign for the Indian team.