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Former India captain and maverick batter, Virat Kohli continues to push the run-scoring ceiling to unreachable heights. His recent masterclass against Bangladesh once again helped India register another win in the ongoing T20 World Cup in Australia. Since coming back after taking a brief break, Kohli seem to have regained his lost mojo, and the way he is batting right now is absolutely marvelous.
In awe of Virat Kohli's batting, former Australian all-rounder Shane Watson has termed his statistics in the T20 World Cup 'super freakish'.
Kohli has so far scored three fifties, including the one against Bangladesh on November 02 (Wednesday), in the ongoing showpiece to become the highest run-scorer in T20 World Cup history, surpassing former Sri Lanka captain Mahela Jayawardene's total of 1,016 runs.
"Over 1000 runs in T20 World Cups at an average of over 80, I am not able to get my head around this," Watson said on Star Sports.
"T20 cricket is a high-risk game, high-risk batting and to think that he can do it at the biggest tournament, averaging so much and winning so many games for his country.
"He is a freak and those statistics are super freakish. It's incredible that you can bat in such a high-risk format and score consistently. It's ridiculous," he added.
Kohli stayed till the end and scored 64 runs from 44 deliveries including eight fours and one six against Bangladesh. He stitched crucial partnerships with opener KL Rahul and Suryakumar Yadav to help India post 184/6 after being put to bat first by Bangladesh skipper Shakib Al Hasan.
Kohli has scored 220 runs with knocks of 82 not out, 62 not out, 12 and an unbeaten 64 against Bangladesh. Jayawardene scored his runs from 31 innings but Kohli took only 23 to better him.
(With PTI inputs)
