All eyes will be glued on batting juggernaut Virat Kohli when India take on arch-nemesis Pakistan in the high-voltage Asia Cup slugfest which will be played on Sunday (August 28).
Meanwhile, the India-Pakistan's clash will mark Kohli's 100th appearance in the T20I cricket and with this he will become the first Indian player in the history of cricket to complete hundred matches in all formats of the game.
Although, the 33-year-old is going through a lean patch with the willow as he hit his last International century back in 2019, but the milestones that he has achieved so far is a testimony of greatness of India's most decorated player.
Since his last International century in November 2019, Kohli has played a total of 27 T20Is since his final international ton, he has scored 858 runs in this format at an average of 42.90. His best score in this format is 94*. He has hit eight half-centuries in this format since his last ton.
The high-profile batter, who made his International debut in 2008, has represented Team India in 99 T20I games across which he has scored 3,308 runs at an average of 50.12. His best individual score for India in this format is 94 and he has scored 30 half-centuries in this format.
In all formats combined, he has featured in 68 international matches since his last international ton, and scored 2,554 runs across all formats in 82 innings at an average of 34.05. He has hit 24 half-centuries across all formats.
Meanwhile in 2022, Kohli has played only four T20Is for his side, across which he has scored 81 runs at a subpar average of 20.25. His best score in the format this year is 52.
Across all formats this year, he has represented India in 16 matches and across 19 innings, he had been able to score only 476 runs at a sub-par average of 25.05. Only four half-centuries have come off his bat, with the best score of 79.
Kohli will be desperate to fire with the willow in the bigger stage and once again prove why he is deemed the best batter in the world.
India's squad: Rohit Sharma (c), KL Rahul, Virat Kohli, Suryakumar Yadav, Rishabh Pant, Deepak Hooda, Dinesh Karthik, Hardik Pandya, Ravindra Jadeja, R Ashwin, Yuzvendra Chahal, Ravi Bishnoi, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Arshdeep Singh, Avesh Khan.
Pakistan's squad: Babar Azam (c), Shadab Khan, Asif Ali, Fakhar Zaman, Haider Ali, Haris Rauf, Iftikhar Ahmed, Khushdil Shah, Mohammad Nawaz, Mohammad Rizwan, Naseem Shah, Shahnawaz Dahani, Usman Qadir, Mohammed Hasnain, Hasan Ali
