TIL Desk Sports/ Virat Kohli, who rode the Men in Blue to a commanding win over South Africa in the second T20I, has won high praise from his team-mate Deepak Chahar, who believes India skipper is a “next-level player” altogether.
On Wednesday evening, Kohli scored an unbeaten half-century to help India beat the Proteas in the second T20I at the IS Bindra PCA Stadium and take an unassailable 1-0 lead in the three-match series. With this innings, Kohli also surpassed Rohit Sharma to become the highest scorer in T20Is.
He now has 2,441 runs in the format while Sharma has 2,434. Kohli has also become the only batsman to have his batting average above 50 in all three formats of the game. Kohli’s innings was studded with four fours and three sixes and he took 52 balls to remain unbeaten at 72. “I don’t know how Virat bhaiya (brother) manages to score these many runs and that too with such consistency. He is a next-level player,” said Chahar at the post-match presser.”
