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Former Australian all-rounder Shane Watson, who admires Virat Kohli’s batting, has called his T20 World Cup numbers “super freaky.”
Virat Kohli has already struck three fifties in the ongoing tournament, including one against Bangladesh on Wednesday, to become the top run-scorer in T20 World Cup history, surpassing former Sri Lanka captain Mahela Jayawardene’s tally 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.” Kohli has scored 220 runs with knocks of 82 not out, 62 not out, 12 and an unbeaten 64 against Bangladesh.
Mahela Jayawardene scored his runs over 31 innings, but Kohli did it in on 23 innings.
With Kohli on fire, India are currently placed first in Group 2 and will take on Zimbabwe on November 6 at the Melbourne Cricket Ground.
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