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

Dixit Bhargav
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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.

ALSO READ: Virat Kohli ODI half-centuries full list

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.RunsBalls4s6sOppositionGroundYear
16848111Sri LankaPallekele2012
27041101New ZealandChennai2012
3503942AfghanistanColombo (RPS)2012
478*6182PakistanColombo (RPS)2012
5544151West IndiesMirpur2014
657*5031BangladeshMirpur2014
772*4452South AfricaMirpur2014
8775854Sri LankaMirpur2014
9664191EnglandBirmingham2014
1090*5592AustraliaAdelaide2016
1159*4471AustraliaMelbourne2016
12504921AustraliaSydney2016
1356*4770Sri LankaMirpur2016
1455*3771PakistanKolkata2016
1582*5192AustraliaMohali2016
1689*47111West IndiesMumbai (WS)2016
17825471Sri LankaColombo (RPS)2017
18654281New ZealandRajkot2017
1961*4142AustraliaSydney2018
2072*3826AustraliaBengaluru2019
21594560West IndiesProvidence2019
2272*5243South AfricaMohali2019
2394*5066West IndiesHyderabad2019
2470*2947West IndiesMumbai (WS)2019
25856143AustraliaSydney2020
2673*4953EnglandAhmedabad2021
2777*4684EnglandAhmedabad2021
2880*5272EnglandAhmedabad2021
29574951PakistanDubai2021
30524171West IndiesKolkata2022
3159*4413Hong KongDubai2022
32604441PakistanDubai2022
33634834AustraliaHyderabad2022
3482*5364PakistanMelbourne2022
3562*4434NetherlandsSydney2022
3664*4481BangladeshAdelaide2022
37754441EnglandAdelaide2022

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Dixit Bhargav

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Born and brought up in Pathankot, Dixit Bhargav is an engineering and sports management graduate who works as a Cricket Editor at The SportsRush. Having written more than 10,000 articles across more than five years at TSR, his first cricketing memory dates back to 2002 when former India captain Sourav Ganguly had waved his jersey at the historic Lord’s balcony. What followed for an 8-year-old was an instant adulation for both Ganguly and the sport. The optimist in him is waiting for the day when Punjab Kings will win their maiden Indian Premier League title. When not watching cricket, he is mostly found in a cinema hall watching a Punjabi movie.

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