Virat Kohli records as T20I Captain

Virat Kohli is currently one of the finest batsmen in the world cricket across formats. But, did you know how well he is in captaincy ? From winning away series in SENA countries to winning all T20I series at home, Kohli has come a long way as a captain in the T20 format. However, Kohli's record as captain in T20Is is phenomenal with a win percentage of 64. Moreover, Kohli has already scored 3227 runs in the format also becomes the first batsman to score 3000+ T20I runs.

In 2017, Kohli was named the full-time India captain. While Kohli is still due to winning any major ICC trophy, his Test record as captain speaks volumes of his leadership and India's consistency in the shorter forms of the game. Virat Kohli has retired from his captaincy duties(in T20Is) in the match against Namibia last night. So, In this article, SportzPoint will give you each and every detail of Kohli's record in T20I as a captain and also as a batsman.

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Captaincy records of Virat Kohli in T20Is

Virat Kohli records as Captain in T20Is

• Virat Kohli is the second most successful T20I captain of India with 30 wins. Also, MS Dhoni has secured the most T20I wins (42) as Indian captain.
• Kohli has scored the most T20I runs by an Indian skipper. With 1570 T20I runs, Virat is ranked third among captains with the most runs in T20Is.
• Kohli also holds the record for scoring the quickest 1000 T20I runs as captain. He took a mere 30 innings to claim the milestone, which happens to be an inning quicker than South Africa's Faf du Plessis.
• Only Indian skipper to win T20I bilateral series in all SENA nations. Under him, India won 5-0 in New Zealand in 2020, 2-1 in Australia in 2020, 2-1 in England in 2018, and 2-1 in South Africa in 2018.
• With 32 T20I wins, Kohli is ranked fourth among most T20I wins as Captain. He's only behind Asghar Afghan, MS Dhoni, and Eoin Morgan among T20I captains.

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Virat Kohli records as a Batsman in T20Is

After knowing Virat Kohli's records as Captain in T20Is now let's have a look at his phenomenal batting records in the shortest format of the game. Kohli has scored 3227 runs with an impressive average of 52.04 in the format. Moreover, in 95 matches Virat has scored 29th half-centuries and plays with a strike rate of 137.90 in the format so far.

• Virat has scored 3227 runs (most by any batsman in this format) with an average of 52.04 in 95 matches.
• Kohli has scored 29 half-centuries so far including a highest scoe of 94* in the format.
• The first player in the world to reach 3000 T20I runs and also the fastest to reach the milestone.

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N.B: The stats are accurate as of 09/11/2021.