Former India captain Virat Kohli announced his comeback into the form with a back-to-back fifties against Pakistan and Hong Kong in the ongoing Asia Cup 2022. Virat scored a much-needed fifty against arch-rivals in the Super 4s clash of Asia Cup where he smashed 60 runs in 44 balls with the help of four boundaries and a six. Virat, who gets criticised for his strike rate nowadays, stroked the ball at 136. With this innings, Virat smashed his sixth fifty-plus score against Pakistan in international cricket. 



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Virat Kohli against Pakistan in the last 10 innings


35, 57, 77, 5, 81*, 55*, 49, 107, 36*, 60


Most 50+ Scores for India 


264 - Sachin Tendulkar 


194 - Virat Kohli* 


193 - Rahul Dravid


Most 50+ Scores


Test - Sachin Tendulkar 


ODI - Sachin Tendulkar 


T20I - Virat Kohli*


Most 50-plus scores in T20Is


32: Virat Kohli* 


31: Rohit Sharma 


27: Babar Azam


Fifties by Indian players in T20Is vs Pakistan


Virat Kohli - 4 


All others - 3



Earlier, Star batters Rohit Sharma and KL Rahul now have the most fifty-plus run stands in T20I cricket history. The Indian opening duo accomplished this landmark during the high-octane Super Four clash against Pakistan at the ongoing Asia Cup 2022 on Sunday.


The duo added 54-runs in 31 balls before Rohit Sharma was dismissed for 28 off 16 balls by Haris Rauf. Now they have a total of 14 fifty-plus stands in T20I cricket, most in the history of the shortest of format. Nine of these stands are fifty-run stands while five are hundred-run stands.



They are followed by the Irish duo of Kevin O'Brien and Paul Stirling, who have a total of 13 such partnerships, with three being 100-run stands and 10 ten being fifty-run stands.


New Zealand duo of Martin Guptill and Kane Williamson comes next with 12 fifty-plus stands, with four of them being hundred-run stands.


The Pakistan duo of Babar Azam and Mohammed Rizwan is at fourth place with 11 fifty-plus stands, with six of them being hundred-run stands.


Coming to the match, Pakistan won the toss and elected to bowl first.


India's innings is currently in progress.