AHMEDABAD: India skipper
Virat Kohli on Sunday became the first batsman to score 3,000 runs in T20 internationals, as he crossed the landmark during his match-winning knock in the second game of the series against
England
in Ahmedabad.
The India skipper was just 72 runs behind the milestone; and with his unbeaten knock of 73 runs, which helped India register an emphatic seven-wicket win, Kohli completed 3,000 runs in the format internationally.
He now has 3,001 runs from 81 T20I innings.
New Zealand's Martin Guptill is second on the list of leading run-getters in
T20I cricket
, having scored 2,839 runs. India's Rohit Sharma is third in the list with 2,773 runs.
Apart from Kohli, it was opener Ishan Kishan's innings that helped India chase down the target of 165 runs in the 19th over of their innings. Kishan (56) scored a magnificent half-century on his debut.
With this win, the hosts levelled the five-match series 1-1.
The third T20I will be played on Tuesday.