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

Dixit Bhargav | 31/08/2022
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
Post Edited By: Dixit Bhargav
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Dixit Bhargav

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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