In India’s match against the Netherlands on Thursday, Indian batter Virat Kohli scored the most fifties in SENA countries. He left Sachin Tendulkar behind to script this history.
The star batter smashed his 49th half-century in SENA countries. He has 17 in Australia, 18 in England, five in New Zealand, and nine in South Africa. On the other hand former cricketer, Sachin Tendulkar has smashed 17 half-centuries in Australia, 12 in England, 10 in New Zealand, and nine against South Africa.
T20 World Cup 2022: Virat Kohli becomes the player with the most fifties against SENA countries and surpasses the 1000-run mark in three years
India’s performance against these nations has been not up to the mark compared to other countries due to the faster and bouncy wickets. Sachin Tendulkar and Virat Kohli have had good performances in Australia.
Sachin Tendulkar played 67 games in Australia and smashed 3,300 runs in a total of 84 innings at an average of 42.85 in Australia. He has seven centuries and 17 half-centuries to his name, his highest being 241* against Australia.
Virat on the other hand mustered 3,274 runs at an average of 56.44 in 66 innings. He hit eleven centuries and 17 half-centuries against Australia. His highest against the country was 169.
He also crossed 1,000 runs in 2022 after almost 3 years. He hit this mark in the same match against the Netherlands. In that match, Kohli scored 62 off 44 deliveries.
He scored 1,024 runs in 28 games in 2022. In 2020 and 2021, he couldn’t score good runs due to inconsistency with te bat. His highest score and 71st century came against Afghanistan in Asia Cup 2022.
In the T20 World Cup, he scored 144 runs in two matches with half-beaten centuries in both games. he smashed an unbeaten 82* in the historic game of India vs Pakistan that made India win. The entire cricket world is claiming his performance is the finest.
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