Dubai 8th of September : Following an extensive time of almost three years, superstar India batter Virat Kohli scored his 71st international 100 and also his first in T20Is in his team’s match against Afghanistan in Super Four stage of the Asia Cup 2022 at the Dubai International Stadium, here on Thursday.Kohli who recorded an international century in the day-night Test match against Bangladesh at the Eden Gardens in November 2019 the drought was ended after 1020 days.
The star player who started the bat with Rohit Sharma resting and then put up a fast-fire stand with KL Rahul for the opening wicket, before going into a rage towards the end to reach the huge landmark in 53 balls.
Kohli scored 3500 runs over the course of the innings He became the second men’s player to hit the milestone in T20Is, following Rohit Sharma.
He also hit 100 sixes in his T20I career and became the 10th male player to hit the milestone.
His 61-ball 122 was instrumental in helping India score a staggering score of 212/2 in the first innings, which is the most impressive scoring score in the Asia Cup 2022 tournament so far.
