Virat Kohli becomes first Indian to reach 10,000 runs in T20 cricket

Virat Kohli is the second man after Chris Gayle to reach the landmark in both T20 and one-day international cricket

September 27, 2021 11:18 am | Updated September 29, 2021 07:31 am IST - Dubai

Virat Kohli, who scored a half-century against Mumbai Indian on Sunday, is the fifth bastman overall to reach the milestone of 10,000 runs in T20 cricket.

Virat Kohli, who scored a half-century against Mumbai Indian on Sunday, is the fifth bastman overall to reach the milestone of 10,000 runs in T20 cricket.

Virat Kohli became the first Indian batsman to notch up 10,000 runs in Twenty20 cricket during his side Royal Challengers Bangalore's (RCB) game against the Mumbai Indians in Dubai on Sunday.

The 32-year-old is the second man after West Indies' Chris Gayle to reach the landmark in both T20 and one-day international cricket.

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The RCB captain got to the mark after pulling Jasprit Bumrah for six in his knock of 51 from 42 balls, joining Gayle, Keiron Pollard, Shoaib Malik and David Warner as the other players to have scored 10,000 runs in the shortest format.

Kohli has a total of 10,038 runs from 314 games at an average of 41.65 in T20s, with 3,159 of those coming while playing for India. He has scored five hundreds in the format, all for RCB.

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