With his third half-century, and by bagging his second ‘Player of the Series’ award in the ongoing T20 World Cup, former team India skipper Virat Kohli is roaring back to his greatness the entire Cricketing fraternity is well-versed with.
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After nearly single-handedly taking his team across the line while playing unarguably the best T20I knock of his career against Pakistan, Kohli yet again batted through the entire innings versus Bangladesh on Wednesday, after Rohit Sharma yet again gave his wicket away in the Powerplay.
His 64* (44) laid the foundation for the team’s ultimate total to 184/6, with KL Rahul (50 off 32) and Suryakumar Yadav (30 off 16) too, playing crucial knocks alongside him.
At present, he is the leading run-scorer in the T20 World Cup 2022, having already amassed 220 runs across 4 innings, at an unbelievable average and strike rate of 220.0 and 144.73 respectively.
Virat Kohli total runs in all formats (updated on February 19, 2023)
Kohli, who has an excellent average and strike rate across formats, has left behind lean patches in white-ball cricket for a while now. However, he continues to struggle as a batter in Test cricket.
| Format | Matches | Innings | Runs | Highest Score | Average | 100s | 50s |
| Test | 106 | 180 | 8,195 | 254* | 48.49 | 27 | 28 |
| ODI | 271 | 262 | 12,809 | 183 | 57.69 | 46 | 64 |
| T20I | 115 | 107 | 4,008 | 122* | 52.73 | 1 | 37 |
Kohli total international runs across formats (updated on February 19, 2023)
Virat Kohli presently ranks sixth in the list of all-time leading run-scorers across all the three formats in international Cricket.
Across 492 matches (549 innings), the 34-year-old has amassed a total of 25,112 runs at a career average and strike rate of 53.55 and 79.82 respectively. He has smashed 129 half-centuries and as many as 74 centuries in international cricket all this while.
It is worth of a mention that his career average across formats is greater than all the legends of the game placed above him in the list with the next-best being that of the legendary South African all-rounder Jacques Kallis with 49.10.
Placed above Kohli, in the list of all-time highest run-scorers across formats are Sachin Tendulkar (34,357), Kumar Sangakkara (28,016), Ricky Ponting (27,483), Mahela Jayawardene (25,957), and Jacques Kallis (25,534).
