New Delhi: This time the Indian team will start its campaign in the tournament by playing a match against Ireland. After this, Team India will face Pakistan on June 9, the match which cricket fans are eagerly waiting for. Virat Kohli can be seen making a blast with the bat against Pakistan. In such a situation, let us know how Virat Kohli’s record has been against Pakistan in the T20 World Cup.
In the T20 World Cup, Virat Kohli’s bat always roars against Pakistan (IND vs PAK). Kohli is the highest run scorer against Pakistan. He has scored five half-centuries against Pakistan. He played a total of 10 matches against Pakistan in the T20 World Cup from 2012 to 2022 and scored 488 runs. During this, his highest score was 82 not out, which came in the match played in the year 2022.
The year is 2022 and the date is 23 October, when a high-voltage match was played between India and Pakistan. Pakistan team will hardly ever forget this day, because on this day King Kohli’s bat roared. In this match played at Melbourne Cricket Stadium, Pakistan had scored 158 runs after losing 8 wickets. Shan Masood played an innings of 52 runs and Iftikhar Ahmed scored 51 runs. Arshdeep Singh and Hardik Pandya bowled brilliantly for India and took three wickets each.
In response, the Indian team had a very bad start. India had lost 4 wickets till the score of 31 runs. After this, Virat Kohli took the responsibility of handling the team’s innings and along with Hardik Pandya, thrashed the Pakistani bowlers. A total partnership of 113 runs was made between Hardik-Kohli.
Both of them rekindled the lost hope of Indian fans, but in the last over, Hardik was out after scoring 40 runs in 37 balls. At this time, the fans were left breathless, but still everyone was confident of victory because King Kohli was standing at the crease. It was difficult to score 48 runs in the last 3 overs. 17 runs came in the 18th over and in the 19th over, Kohli hit 2 sixes to Harris Rauf, which he will never forget. In the last over, Ashwin took a single and gave the team a 4-wicket win.
