In the previous match against South Africa, Kohli scored 12 runs in 11 balls with two fours. With this run, Kohli became the second batsman after Sri Lankan legend Mahela Jayawardene to reach the milestone of 1000 runs in the T20 World Cup.

Kohli needed only 16 runs to leave the Sri Lankan great. Playing against Bangladesh, he overtook Mahela in just 13 balls.

Kohli also holds the record for the most number of half-centuries in the T20 World Cup with 13. Chris Gayle and Rohit Sharma scored nine half-centuries each. Meanwhile, Kohli is also the world’s top run-scorer with 3932 runs in 113 matches in International T20.

Kohli scored 185 runs in the first World Cup in 2012. He was the top batsman in 2014 and the second-best batsman in 2016. He was the best player of the tournament in both tournaments, becoming the only male cricketer to win the award twice. In addition, he also holds the most six players of the match awards in the World Cup.