Virat Kohli record against Pakistan: Virat Kohli T20 record at Melbourne Cricket Ground innings list

Virat Kohli record against Pakistan: The former Indian captain will be playing his 10th match against Pakistan tonight.

Especially after returning to form during Asia Cup 2022, former India captain Virat Kohli will have millions of eyes on him waiting in anticipation of an impact-generating innings in the imminent ICC T20 World Cup 2022 Super 12 match against Pakistan in Melbourne.

Part of all three India-Pakistan T20Is at the Dubai International Cricket Stadium in the last 12 months, Kohli has done well against this opposition in the recent past (much like the distant past as well).

However, with him batting in a manner in which he is known for of late, expectations will be exceedingly high out of him. Kohli, 33, averages and strikes at 45.50 and 141.63 respectively in his last 10 T20I innings and there is no reason why his bountiful fans shouldn’t expect him to stand tall on his potential tonight.

Virat Kohli record against Pakistan (numbers updated after Pakistan match)

Set to play his 10th match against Pakistan on a Sunday evening, Kohli will become only the second cricketer after captain Rohit Sharma to play 10 India-Pakistan T20Is.

Having first faced them in the shortest format during ICC World Twenty20 in Colombo a decade ago, Kohli has scored 488 runs in 10 innings against Pakistan. Kohli, who averages and strikes at 81.33 and 123.85 respectively against Pakistan, has also scored five half-centuries against them.

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78* (61) with the help of eight fours and two sixes, Kohli’s career-best T20I performance against Pakistan had come in his first-ever T20I against them in 2012. Having said that, the same was surpassed in his latest appearance against them in Melbourne where he scored a match-winning 82* (53) with the help of six fours and four sixes.

Virat Kohli record at Melbourne Cricket Ground innings list (numbers updated after Pakistan match)

In what will be the right-handed batter’s fourth T20I at the MCG, Kohli has scored 90 runs at a strike rate of 157.89 across two T20I innings at this venue.

Let’s go ⏳🇮🇳 pic.twitter.com/2a7hSuqyi6

— Virat Kohli (@imVkohli) October 18, 2022

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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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