New Delhi: Virat Kohli went past England’s Alex Hales on Thursday, April 25, to break the world record for most half-centuries by a player in T20 cricket at one venue after his 102nd fifty in the format, setting up Royal Challengers Bengaluru’s (RCB) maiden home win in the ongoing IPL season. Kohli smashed a 42-ball 70 while being involved in a crucial 95-run stand for the RCB with Devdutt Padikkal against the Rajasthan Royals, which was his 26th fifty at Bengaluru’s M Chinnaswamy Stadium.
Kohli surpassed Alex Hales, the second-highest run-scorer in T20 cricket, who has 25 fifties in his name at Trent Bridge in Nottingham. Now, Kohli has all the batting parameters in his favour – average, fifties, centuries, runs – in the T20 format while playing at a certain venue.
Most fifties at one venue in T20 cricket
26 – Virat Kohli at M Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bengaluru
25 – Alex Hales at Trent Bridge, Nottingham
24 – James Vince at The Rose Bowl, Southampton
23 – Tamim Iqbal at Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium, Mirpur, Dhaka
21 – Jason Roy at The Oval, London
