Virat Kohli last 50: Last half century of Virat Kohli in T20 international

Virat Kohli last 50 in T20I: The former Indian captain scored a T20I half-century after more than six months tonight.

Former India captain Virat Kohli scored a 31st T20I half-century to let his fans take a sigh of relief post an extended lean patch across formats. While there was a lot of scope for improvement in Kohli’s innings especially before an ICC T20 World Cup, him making a contribution is definitely positive signs with respect his form.

Coming in to bat at No. 3 in the fifth over at the Dubai International Cricket Stadium, Kohli scored 59* (44) with the help of a four and three sixes to register his 26th T20I half-century at No. 3, 24th in Asia, eighth at a neutral venue, second under Rohit Sharma (21), in the UAE and in 2022 and first against Hong Kong.

Having scored 17 (19) at one point in time, Kohli hit his only four of the innings against Hong Kong spinner Mohammad Ghazanfar in the 11th over. In Ghazanfar’s next over, Kohli sat down on one knee to hit the leg-spinner over mid-wicket for a confident six.

While batter Suryakumar Yadav (68*) had started to find boundaries at regular intervals, Kohli joined him by hitting Aizaz Khan for a six over mid-wicket in the 16th over. It was in the penultimate over of the innings that Kohli targeted Ehsan Khan to hit his third six. It was on the first delivery of this over when Kohli ran a couple of runs to cross the 50-run mark.

Virat Kohli last 50 in T20I

Before Kohli scoring a half-century in Asia Cup 2022 Match 4 tonight, his last T20I half-century had come against West Indies in Kolkata six months ago.

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Despite scoring a couple of half-centuries for Royal Challengers Bangalore in Indian Premier League 2022, Kohli couldn’t prevent himself from putting on display a poor season.

Virat Kohli half-centuries in T20Is (table updated on December 11, 2022)

S. No.	Runs	Balls	4s	6s	Opposition	Ground	Year
1	68	48	11	1	Sri Lanka	Pallekele	2012
2	70	41	10	1	New Zealand	Chennai	2012
3	50	39	4	2	Afghanistan	Colombo (RPS)	2012
4	78*	61	8	2	Pakistan	Colombo (RPS)	2012
5	54	41	5	1	West Indies	Mirpur	2014
6	57*	50	3	1	Bangladesh	Mirpur	2014
7	72*	44	5	2	South Africa	Mirpur	2014
8	77	58	5	4	Sri Lanka	Mirpur	2014
9	66	41	9	1	England	Birmingham	2014
10	90*	55	9	2	Australia	Adelaide	2016
11	59*	44	7	1	Australia	Melbourne	2016
12	50	49	2	1	Australia	Sydney	2016
13	56*	47	7	0	Sri Lanka	Mirpur	2016
14	55*	37	7	1	Pakistan	Kolkata	2016
15	82*	51	9	2	Australia	Mohali	2016
16	89*	47	11	1	West Indies	Mumbai (WS)	2016
17	82	54	7	1	Sri Lanka	Colombo (RPS)	2017
18	65	42	8	1	New Zealand	Rajkot	2017
19	61*	41	4	2	Australia	Sydney	2018
20	72*	38	2	6	Australia	Bengaluru	2019
21	59	45	6	0	West Indies	Providence	2019
22	72*	52	4	3	South Africa	Mohali	2019
23	94*	50	6	6	West Indies	Hyderabad	2019
24	70*	29	4	7	West Indies	Mumbai (WS)	2019
25	85	61	4	3	Australia	Sydney	2020
26	73*	49	5	3	England	Ahmedabad	2021
27	77*	46	8	4	England	Ahmedabad	2021
28	80*	52	7	2	England	Ahmedabad	2021
29	57	49	5	1	Pakistan	Dubai	2021
30	52	41	7	1	West Indies	Kolkata	2022
31	59*	44	1	3	Hong Kong	Dubai	2022
32	60	44	4	1	Pakistan	Dubai	2022
33	63	48	3	4	Australia	Hyderabad	2022
34	82*	53	6	4	Pakistan	Melbourne	2022
35	62*	44	3	4	Netherlands	Sydney	2022
36	64*	44	8	1	Bangladesh	Adelaide	2022
37	75	44	4	1	England	Adelaide	2022