Kohli has played 3 semi-finals Virat’s bat makes a lot of noise in the semi-finals
New Delhi. Former Indian cricket team captain Virat Kohli has not been able to perform well in the T20 World Cup 2024. Virat has returned to the pavilion twice in this World Cup on a score of zero. He has the most runs in T20 World Cup history but currently he is not able to play big innings. In the T20 World Cup being played in America and West Indies, 66 runs have come from Virat’s bat so far. That too at a poor average of 11. During this, Kohli’s strike rate has been 100. However, if we look at Virat’s semi-final statistics, they are unmatched. Kohli has played 3 semi-finals in the T20 World Cup so far and has half-centuries in all three.
Virat Kohli has scored a total of 211 runs in 3 semi-final matches of the T20 World Cup. During this, his strike rate has been above 161 while the average has been 211. His best score has been 89 not out. In the 2014 T20 World Cup 2024, Kohli scored an unbeaten 72 off 44 balls against South Africa. Then the Indian team was chasing a target of 173 runs. Virat was adjudged the Player of the Match in that match. Apart from this, he was also the Player of the Tournament.
In the 2016 T20 World Cup semi-final, Virat Kohli scored 89 runs in 47 balls against West Indies. Once again he was the top scorer. However, in this match, Windies easily chased the target of 193 runs. However, here too he was the Player of the Tournament. He was selected for this award for the second consecutive time.
Two years ago i.e. in 2022, Virat Kohli again scored a half century in the semi-finals. However, he scored a very slow half century here. He scored a fifty in 40 balls. This tournament has not been good for him so far. This was the semi-final where he got out. Before this, he returned unbeaten both the times.
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FIRST PUBLISHED : June 27, 2024, 18:41 IST