New Delhi :India skipper Virat Kohli has added yet another feather to his cap by becoming the fastest player to score 1,000 runs in T20I cricket as a captain. Kohli played an unbeaten knock of 30 during India's seven-wicket win over Sri Lanka in the second T20I of the ongoing three-match series on Tuesday evening.
Kohli achieved the milestone of scoring 1,000 runs as captain in his 30th T20I inning. He is the second Indian and sixth overallafter MS Dhoni to have achieved the feat. Dhoni had scored 1112 runs in 62 T20I games as captain. Faf du Plessis (1273 runs from 40 games), Kane Williamson (1083runs in 39 games), Eoin Morgan (1013 runs in 43 games) and Ireland's William Porterfield (1002 runs in 56 games) are other captains on the list.
During India's emphatic victory at the Holkar Stadium, Kohlialso surpassed team-mate Rohit Sharma, who has been rested for the series, asthe top run-getter in the T20Is. Kohli now has 2663 runs from 71 innings. Bothhad finished 2019 as joint top-scorers in T20Is, with 2633 runs each.
India, already with an unassailable lead of 1-0 in theseries, will now face Sri Lanka in the final T20I on Friday in Pune. The firstmatch between the two teams was called off without a ball being bowled due towet patches on the pitch in Guwahati last Sunday.
All-round India ticked all the boxes on Jasprit Bumrah andShikhar Dhawan's return to international cricket and swept Sri Lanka aside byseven wickets to take 1-0 lead in the second T20 international at the HolkarStadium here on Tuesday.
The first match in Guwahati was called off without a ballbeing bowled due to rain and damp pitch. Virat Kohli and his boys will now lookto seal the series in the final match of the series in Pune on Friday.
Chasing a reasonable 143 for victory, Kohli (30 not out)smashed a six in the 18th over to seal the deal for the rampaging hosts with 15balls to spare.
KL Rahul scored 45, Shreyas Iyer got 34 and the returningShikhar Dhawan made 32 as India never really looked in any sort of troubleafter their bowlers fired in unison to keep the Lankans in check.
The two openers, vying for the second opener's slot alongwith Rohit Sharma for the World T20 later this year, got India off to a solidstart. Rahul looked good, hitting six fours before his ambition got the betterof him as leg-spinner Wanindu Hasaranga cleaned him up with a delivery wide ofthe crease in the 10th over.