T20 World Cup 2024: The excitement of T20 World Cup 2024 is at its peak. Today, on June 9, this excitement is going to be spiced up further, as a high-voltage match can be seen between India and Pakistan. Whenever these two teams face each other on the field, the excitement of the match automatically increases, because there is a very old rivalry between the two. In the group stage, these two teams will face each other today at the new stadium Nassau County in New York, in which all eyes will be on Virat Kohli.
Virat Kohli was out after scoring 1 run against Ireland in the very first match of this World Cup, but his bat can make a big impact in this match. Because whenever Kohli came out to bat against Pakistan in the T20 World Cup, he emerged as a hero.
If we look at Virat Kohli’s statistics in the World Cup against Pakistan, we find that this legend batted in 5 out of 7 matches played against Pakistan. During this, he remained unbeaten 4 times and Team India won every match. Once when Kohli was out, Team India lost that match. He has 308 runs in 5 matches. He became the Player of the Match thrice, which is enough to tell that King Kohli is a guarantee of victory against Pakistan.
Those 4 occasions when Virat Kohli single-handedly overpowered Pakistan First occasion, September 2012
Virat Kohli played against Pakistan for the first time in the 2012 T20 World Cup. It was a group stage match in which Pakistan won the toss and batting first scored 152 runs in 20 overs, in response Kohli played an innings of 78 runs and became the hero of the victory.
Second chance, 2. March 2014
After 2 years, Virat again played against Pakistan in the T20 World Cup. This was also a group stage match, which was held at Mirpur Stadium in Bangladesh. India won the toss and chose to bowl and bowled out Pakistan for 130 runs, in response, Kohli returned unbeaten after scoring 36 runs and was the hero of the victory.
Third chance, 3. March 2016
When Virat Kohli came out against Pakistan for the third time, he became a hero again. In the 2015 T20 World Cup played in India, both the teams were face to face again in the group stage. India won the toss and decided to bowl first and could only put 118 runs on the board in 18 overs. Team India chased this target in the 16th over itself. In this match, Kohli played a match-winning innings of 55 runs.
Fourth chance, 2022
Now it was the turn of the 2022 T20 World Cup, in which Virat Kohli again dominated. This World Cup was held in Australia, in which both the teams clashed in the group stage on 12 October. In this match, Team India defeated Pakistan by 4 wickets in a thrilling manner. This was the same match. Chasing 160 runs, India lost 4 wickets for 31 runs, but Virat did not give up, he kept fighting till the end and gave the team a thrilling victory. Kohli played a memorable innings of 83 runs in this match, this was the same match in which he hit a great six over the head of Haris Rauf. In this match, there was a partnership of 113 runs between Kohli and Hardik Pandya.
Virat Kohli’s statistics in T20 World Cup
Virat has scored the most runs for India in the T20 World Cup. He has scored 1142 runs in 28 matches for Team India so far, which includes 14 fifties. His highest score has been 89 runs.