Adelaide

Star Indian batter Virat Kohli on Thursday became the first player in history to cross the 4,000-run mark in T20I cricket.

India's star batter accomplished this landmark during his side's second semifinal match of the ongoing ICC T20 World Cup against England at Adelaide Oval.

In the match, Virat scored a delightful 50 off 40 balls. His knock consisted of four boundaries and one six. He struck the ball at a strike rate of 125.00.

This was his fourth half-century in the ongoing edition of the tournament. He is currently the leading run scorer in the tournament so far. He has scored 296 runs in six innings at an average of 98.66.

With this half-century, Virat's run-tally in T20I cricket has gone to 4,008 runs in 115 matches across 107 innings at an average of 52.73.

One century and 37 half-centuries have come out of his bat, with the best individual score of 122 not out. His strike rate in the shorter format is 137.96.

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Other top batters in the shortest format are Indian skipper Rohit Sharma (3,853), New Zealand opening veteran Martin Guptill (3,531), Pakistan skipper Babar Azam (3,323) and Ireland opener Paul Stirling (3,181).