Srinagar: Team India batting superstar Virat Kohli on Monday, added another feather to his long list of achievements as he became the first Indian to score 13000 runs in T20 cricket.
Kohli achieved the landmark in the Indian Premier League clash between Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) and Mumbai Indians at Wankhede Stadium.
Kohli needed just 17 runs to reach the 13000-run mark and the went on to score a match-winning 67 off 42 deliveries, laced with 10 boundaries including two sixes.
The 36-year-old became just the fifth batter to achieve the milestone, joining West Indies’ Chris Gayle and Kieron Pollard, England’s Alex Hales and Shoaib Malik in the elusive list.
He is also the only Indian batter thus far to amass 13000 runs in the shortest format of the sport, while the second-fastest overall in terms of innings taken.
Gayle was the fastest to 13000 T20 runs, achieving the feat in 381 innings just five less than Kohli’s tally of 386 innings.
Fastest batters to score 13000 runs in men’s T20s
Chris Gayle – 381 innings
Virat Kohli – 386 innings
Alex Hales – 474 innings
Shoaib Malik – 487 innings
Kieron Pollard – 594 innings