Team India cricketers Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma will once again resume their race to become the highest run-getter in the shortest of the game, with 22 fifty-plus knocks under their names, when India lock horns with West Indies in the first T20I in Hyderabad on Friday.
India's captain and vice-captain are top class batsmen and will have a chance to end 2019 as the top scorer across all three international formats.
With six more matches to go in the calendar year, Virat is currently leading the charts with 2183 runs. Virat's teammate Rohit Sharma is closely following him on 2090 runs with Pakistan's Babar Azam sitting third on the list with 1820 runs.
There is also a big possibility for the Indian skipper to finish as the top run-scorer in all three formats of the game for the fourth straight year in a row.
Highest run-getters in T20Is
2539 in 93 innings: Rohit Sharma (IND)
2450 in 67 innings: Virat Kohli (IND)
2436 in 80 innings: Martin Guptill (NZ)
The Indian batting duo is also joint top in the for the most 50+ innings in T20Is. With four tons and 18 half-centuries, Rohit is being closely followed by Kohli with his 22 half-centuries.
Most 50 + scores in T20Is
22 (100/4, 50/18): Rohit Sharma (IND)
22 (100/0, 50/22): Virat Kohli (IND)
17 (100/2, 50/15): Martin Guptill (NZ)
