Virat Kohli 6 Runs Away From Major T20 Milestone

Virat Kohli has made his T20I return after a gap of nearly 13 months

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The 2nd T20I between India and Afghanistan in Indore was Kohli's first after 2022 World Cup

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Kohli played an attacking innings, belting five fours in his entertaining knock of 16-ball 29

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Kohli has 11994 runs in 375 T20s & is the fourth highest run-getter in the format's history

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Should he score 6 in the 3rd T20I vs Afghanistan, he will complete 12,000 runs in the format

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Kohli will thus become the first ever Indian to reach the milestone

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Overall, he will be the fourth ever to do so after Chris Gayle, Shoaib Malik and Keiron Pollard

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The next best Indian on this list is Rohit Sharma who has scored 11035 runs from 425 T20s

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With 14562 runs, Gayle remains T20s highest ever run-scorer

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Gayle has scored 22 hundreds in T20s which is the most by any batter in the format

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