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Star Indian batter Virat Kohli on Wednesday now has the highest average in the T20I format of cricket.

He accomplished this feat during India’s tie against Hong Kong in Dubai in the ongoing Asia Cup championship.

In this match, Virat Kohli showed glimpses of his old self and hit an unbeaten 59. His 44-ball knock consisted of one four and three sixes.

In 101 T20I matches, Virat has scored 3,402 runs at an average of 50.77. He has 31 half-centuries in the format, with the best individual score of 94 not out. He has a strike rate of 137.12.

Kohli has now overtaken Pakistan’s Mohammed Rizwan, who has an average of 50.14 in 57 matches.

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Next in the list are Devon Conway of New Zealand (average of 47.20 in 23 matches), Babar Azam (average of 44.93 in 75 matches) and Manish Pandey (average of 44.31 in 39 matches).