Asia Cup 2022: Virat Kohli smashes 100 T20I sixes, becomes second Indian player to do so

08.09.2022 - 20:51 timesofindia.indiatimes.com

Virat Kohli on Thursday completed 100 sixes in T20I cricket, becoming the second Indian batter to hit a century of sixes and the tenth overall player to achieve this landmark.

Virat accomplished this landmark during India's final Super Four clash against Afghanistan in the ongoing Asia Cup 2022. Virat finally completed his much-anticipated 71st century.

He smashed an unbeaten 122 in just 61 balls with 12 fours and six sixes. Now, Virat has a total of 104 sixes, which is the ninth-highest in T20I cricket.

New Zealand's Martin Guptill has the highest number of sixes in the format, with a total of 172 sixes. He is followed by Rohit Sharma (171), Chris Gayle of West Indies (124), England's Eoin Morgan (120) and Australian opener Aaron Finch (117).

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Star India batter Virat Kohli, who ended his two-and-a-half-year century drought in the Asia Cup 2022, had a memorable run in the entire tournament. Kohli ended his campaign with a total of 276 runs to his name, the second highest in the tournament. Kohli is now eyeing a good performance against Australia in the home series and yet another milestone in his career. He is just 207 runs away from surpassing India head coach Rahul Dravid to become the second highest run-getter across all formats for India. When achieves the mark he will also become the sixth-highest run-scorer in international cricket.

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