And once again Virat Kohli stood up for the team in the significant game against Pakistan. Virat Kohli smashed marvellous fifty against Pakistan and more surprisingly smashed a massive six to bring up his half ton. In the ongoing Asia Cup tournament, Virat Kohli started off his journey after a long break, scoring a crucial knock of 35 runs in the first game. Virat assited Suryakumar Yadav\u2019s dominating innings against Pakistan by scoring 59* runs. In the ongoing clash Virat, until now (at the time of writing) remains not out and will be looking to end it promisingly.<\/p>\n
Before this match, Kohli \u00a0played 8 innings in total against Pakistan, scoring 346 runs at an average of 68.75. Along with winning three Player of the Match awards, Kohli has three half-centuries against Pakistan. His strike rate, which is 118.25, is the one thing here that is a touch lacking.<\/p>\n
In fact, of all the batters in the game, Kohli has the best batting average in T20Is against Pakistan. Kevin Pietersen of England comes in second on the list with a score of 69.60, followed by David Miller (45.42), Eoin Morgan (35.58), and Aaron Finch (34.64).<\/p>\n
In the shortest format, Kohli is the only Indian batsman to score 200 runs or more against Pakistan. Yuvraj Singh (155) and Gautam Gambhir are next to him (139).<\/p>\n
Virat has won a total of five Player of the Match accolades, the most among Indians, in Asia Cup and ICC competitions (including T20Is and ODIs).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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