Virat Kohli might not have set the stage slight in the recent second leg of IPL 2021, but he is probably one of the most impressive batsmen in the history of the T20 World Cups. The Indian captain made his mark on a World Cup game last Sunday again when he bailed his team out of a troublesome situation against Pakistan and got them to a respectable total with a stroke-filled half-century.
Virat Kohli is always a dangerous batsman for the opposition, whether he is batting first or second, but he is particularly more dangerous when he is chasing a score in a T20 World Cup game and that reflects in his record.
Virat has got a total of 6 fifties while chasing in T20 World Cup games, which is the most any player has ever got in the history of the tournament. The second position is jointly held by 4 T20 stalwarts Brendon McCullum, Chris Gayle, Rohit Sharma and Shane Watson, who have all got 3 fifties each while chasing in T20 World Cup games.
Most 50+ scores in successful chases of T20 World Cups
6: Virat Kohli
3: Chris Gayle
3: Matthew Hayden
3: Rohit Sharma
3: Shane Watson#TeamIndia #T20WorldCup— The Cricket Panda (@TheCricketPanda) October 27, 2021
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Virat Kohli has proven to be a bigger match-winner than some of the T20 stalwarts
The likes of Gayle, McCullum and Watson are the ones who are considered to be the ideal T20 players and good enough to chase down any target in any conditions and against any attack, but as it has turned out, Virat has proven to be a bigger match-winner than all of them in T20 World Cups.
Virat has the opportunity to stretch it even further in T20 World Cup 2021 because India still has 4 more games to play and if they manage to qualify for the knockouts, they will play one or two more games.
The kind of form Virat showed in India’s opening game against Pakistan last Sunday, there is every possibility he might pull off a couple of more extraordinary performances going ahead in this World Cup. The Indian fans would want the skipper to turn up and lead by example in the much-anticipated game against the Blackcaps this weekend.
