Ranchi, Nov 19, : , New Zealand’s opener Martin Guptill surpassed Virat Kohli on Friday to be the top run-scorer during the T20 Internationals at JSCA International Stadium against India.To reach the landmark, the attacking batsman required 11 runs.
Rohit Sharma won toss and elected to field.
Guptill is now the top run-scorer for T20Is, surpassing Kohli’s 3227 runs.
Rohit Sharma (the newly appointed T20I captain) is at third place with 3086 runs.The 4th spot is occupied by Aaron Finch, Australia’s white-ball skipper (2608 runs), and the 5th place is occupied by Paul Stirling (2570 runs).
After playing an aggressive knock of 31 runs, Deepak Chahar bowled the New Zealand opener.He got a reprieve from eight as KL Rahul ran back to mid-off and dropped a difficult chance.
He had earlier scored a remarkable 42-ball 70 in Wednesday’s series opener at Jaipur.
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