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Virat Kohli becomes 6th highest run-scorer in international cricket history

Melbourne, (thestates.news) : Former Indian cricket team captain Virat Kohli has become the sixth-highest run-scorer in international cricket history. Kohli achieved the feat on Sunday when he scored an unbeaten 82 off 53 balls against Pakistan. In this case, he left behind the great Indian batsman Rahul Dravid. Now Virat is in sixth place among the highest run scorers in international cricket. He has scored 24,212 runs in 528 matches at an average of 53.80. He has scored 71 centuries and 126 half-centuries with the best score of 254 not out.

Rahul Dravid, on the other hand, is now at the seventh position among the highest run scorers in the history of the game. Dravid has scored 24,208 runs in 509 matches at an average of 45.41. The legendary batsman has scored 48 centuries and 146 half-centuries with an individual-best score of 270. Sachin Tendulkar (34,357) has scored the most runs in international cricket, followed by Sri Lankan great wicket-keeper batsman Kumar Sangakkara (28,016), Australian great Ricky Ponting (27,483), Sri Lankan batsman Mahela Jayawardene (25,957) and South Africa great Jacques Kallis is (25,534).

Talking about the match, in this match, batting first after losing the toss, Pakistan scored 159 runs for 8 wickets in the stipulated 20 overs. For Pakistan, Shan Masood and Iftikhar Ahmed scored an unbeaten 52 and 51, scoring excellent half-centuries respectively. For India, Arshdeep Singh and Hardik Pandya took 3-3 and Bhuvneshwar Kumar and Mohammed Shami took 1-1 wickets.

In reply, India won the match by scoring 160 for 6 in 20 overs, thanks to the excellent half-century of Virat Kohli (82 not out) and the superb batting of Hardik Pandya (40).(HS)