T20 Internationals: Kohli tops Tendulkar in having most fifties in SENA countries

Virat Kohli, India’s daring batter, holds the record for the most fifties in T20 internationals. In the game’s shortest format, Virat Kohli has scored 35 goals with the bat.  Kohli made his T20I debut against Zimbabwe in 2010 at the Harare Sports Club. Since then, he has played 111 T20I innings and has scored 35 […]

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Virat Kohli, India’s daring batter, holds the record for the most fifties in T20 internationals. In the game’s shortest format, Virat Kohli has scored 35 goals with the bat. 

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Kohli made his T20I debut against Zimbabwe in 2010 at the Harare Sports Club.

Since then, he has played 111 T20I innings and has scored 35 half-centuries. The former captain of India has scored 3,856 runs at an impressive strike rate of 138.45 and an average of 52.82.

Rohit Sharma, India’s current all-format captain, previously held the record for the most T20 international fifties.

In 144 T20I innings, the flamboyant opening batter has scored 29 half-centuries. In T20I cricket, he has also scored four hundreds. At an average of 31.88 runs per game and a strike rate of 140.31, he has scored 3,794 runs.

The star batter of Pakistan, Babar Azam, is the next person on this list. In 93 matches, the captain of Pakistan’s cricket team has scored 29 T20I fifties. Additionally, Azam has two T20I centuries to his credit. Babar Azam has scored 3,231 runs at an average of 43.08 and a strike rate of 129.60 since making his T20I debut against England in 2016 at Old Trafford.

David Warner of Australia and Mohammad Rizwam of Pakistan round out the top five. Rizwan has scored 22 half-centuries in 74 matches, while Warner has scored 24 T20I fifties in 97 matches.

KL Rahul is the third Indian batsman to have scored the most fifties in a T20I match. In his first 68 matches, Rahul has scored 20 goals. 

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Paul Sterling, the opening batter for Ireland, has scored 21 T20I fifties, while Aaron Finch, the opening batter for Australia, has scored 18 half-centuries.

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