Virat Kohli the first Indian to score 11000 runs in T20

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Former Indian cricket captain, Virat Kohli became the first Indian batsman to make 11,000 runs in the T20 format. He crossed the milestone in the 2nd T20 International match against the South African side at the Barsapara cricket stadium, Guwahati, Assam on 2 October 2022.

He scored 49 unbeaten runs in India's total of 237 for 3 in 20 overs .India won the match by 16 runs to go up 2-0 in the three match series.

Virat Kohli is now at the 4th spot in the list of batsmen with most runs in T20s. The list is topped by Chris Gayle of West Indies, who has 14562 runs in 463 matches. Kieron Pollard sits at the 2nd spot with 11915 runs in 614 matches and. Shoaib Malik of Pakistan is at the 3rd spot and has 11902 in 481 matches.