Suzie Bates, a New Zealand Women’s cricketer, recently surpassed Virat Kohli‘s T20I run record during a match against South Africa Women on October. She scored 45 runs off 38 balls, featuring one six and five boundaries, but her efforts couldn’t secure a win as South Africa prevailed by 11 runs.
Bates now has a total of 4021 runs in 149 T20Is at an average of 29.78, with 26 half-centuries and one century to her name. In contrast, Kohli, who last played a T20I during the last T20 World Cup, has amassed 4008 runs in 115 matches at an impressive average of 52.73, including 37 half-centuries and one century.
The White Ferns posted on X (formerly known as Twitter):
“History made! Suzie Bates became the first woman to reach 4000 T20I career runs today in Benoni Suzie is now the leading T20I run scorer in the world, surpassing previous record holder Virat Kohli (4008*).”
In women’s cricket, Australia’s captain Meg Lanning is the second-highest run-scorer, with 3405 runs in 132 matches. She has an average of 36.61 and has scored 15 half-centuries and two centuries.
For India Women, their captain Harmanpreet Kaur has the most runs in T20Is, with 3154 runs in 155 matches. She has an average of 28.16 and has scored one century and 11 half-centuries.
Virat Kohli is close to setting two significant records in the 2023 World Cup
Also, in the 2023 World Cup, Virat Kohli is getting very close to breaking two major records. He just needs to score three centuries to beat Sachin Tendulkar’s record of having the most hundreds in ODIs (which is 49).
Kohli has scored a total of 156 runs in three matches at the current 2023 World Cup, and he played crucial innings in the victories against Australia (85) and Afghanistan (55*).
At 34 years old, he’s only 35 runs away from surpassing Mahela Jayawardena’s record for having the fourth-highest runs in international cricket.
Kohli, though, still has a considerable gap to cover to reach the top three – Ricky Ponting (27,483), Kumar Sangakkara (28,016), and Tendulkar (34,357). He has accumulated 25,923 runs in 510 matches up to this point.
Kohli’s next match in the 2023 World Cup will be against Bangladesh at the MCA Stadium in Pune on October 19.
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