Xtra Time Web Desk: India captain Virat Kohli on Sunday added another feather on his cap. Kohli, on scoring 72 runs became the first cricketer in the world to reach the milestone of 3000 T20 runs. The India captain reached the landmark during the 2nd T20I against England at the Narendra Modi Stadium. Kohli took 87 T20 matches to reach the 3000 runs milestone.
The talismanic batsman was passing through a lean patch, scoring consecutive ducks. But like any other champion batsman Kohli roared back to form with a magnificent 73.
Virat Kohli, who debuted for India in August 2008, is 7th on the list of run-scorers in international cricket behind Sachin Tendulkar, Kumar Sangakkara, Ricky Ponting, Mahela Jayawardene, Jacques Kallis and Rahul Dravid.
Kohli is also the leading run-scorer in the Indian Premier League with 5878 runs from 192 matches for Royal Challengers Bangalore. In 2016, he smashed all IPL records with 973 runs including 4 hundreds from 16 matches as RCB staged a remarkable recovery to storm into the final against eventual champions Sunrisers Hyderabad.