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New Delhi : The countdown to the T20 World Cup 2024 has begun. The tournament is scheduled to begin from June 1 under the hosting of West Indies and USA. Through this mega event, the Indian team would like to end the long-running drought of the ICC trophy. Let us tell you that in the year 2022, the Indian team had to face defeat in the semi-finals.
This time the Indian team will start its campaign in the tournament by playing a match against Ireland. After this, Team India has to face Pakistan on 9 June. Cricket fans are eagerly waiting for this match. Virat Kohli can be seen wreaking havoc with the bat against Pakistan. In such a situation, let's know how Virat Kohli's record has been against Pakistan in the T20 World Cup.
Virat Kohli's bat has been in full swing against PAK
Virat Kohli's bat always works against Pakistan (IND vs PAK) in the T20 World Cup. Kohli is the highest run-scorer against Pakistan. He has scored five half-centuries against Pakistan. He played a total of 10 matches against Pakistan in the T20 World Cup from 2012 to 2022 and scored 488 runs. Meanwhile, his best score was 82 not out, which came in the match played in the year 2022.
Kohli's performance helped India win over Pakistan
In the year 2022, on 23rd October, a high voltage match was played between India and Pakistan. Pakistan's team will hardly ever forget this day because on this day King Kohli's bat roared a lot. In this match played at Melbourne Cricket Stadium, Pakistan scored 158 runs for the loss of 8 wickets. Shan Masood scored 52 runs and Iftikhar Ahmed scored 51 runs. Arshdeep Singh and Hardik Pandya bowled brilliantly for India and took three wickets each.
In response, the Indian team had a very bad start. India lost 4 wickets at the score of 31 runs. After this, Virat Kohli took the responsibility of handling the team's innings and along with Hardik Pandya, thrashed the Pakistani bowlers fiercely. There was a total partnership of 113 runs between Hardik and Kohli.
Both of them revived the lost hopes of Indian fans but in the last over, Hardik was out after scoring 40 runs in 37 balls. At this time the fans were holding their breath but still everyone was confident of victory because King Kohli was at the crease. It was difficult to score 48 runs in the last 3 overs. 17 runs came in the 18th over and in the 19th over, Kohli hit 2 sixes to Harris Rauf, which he will never forget. In the last over, Ashwin took a single and gave the team a 4-wicket win.