5 astonishing T20 stats about Virat Kohli that will blow your mind

Virat Kohli has broken umpteen T20 records this year

The current poster boy of Indian cricket Virat Kohli is surely on a record breaking spree this year. The Delhi lad is breaking record after record in 2016 and with the kind of form he is in, one can surely bet on him to break more records this year.

The 27-year-old’s phenomenal success in the T20 format has busted the myth that this version iis only meant for power-hitters. The talented right-hander prefers to play cricketing strokes only and that has given him plenty of success even in the slam-bang version. His ability to find the gaps and manoeuvre the cricket balls with precision made Harsha Bhogle say, "I think Virat Kohli has a GPS fitted in his mind, he can pick the gaps so easily.”

Well, the man has really stamped his authority on the T20 format with his umpteen accomplishments and in the process of doing that he has accumulated mind-boggling T20 statistics. Here we have tried to find 5 astonishing T20 stats about Virat Kohli which will simply blow your mind away.

NOTE: Records updated after RCB-Kings XI encounter.

1) Highest average in a calendar year

Virat Kohli has recorded the highest average in a calendar year

After an average 2015 by his standards, the 27-year-old started the year with a bang down under. Since then, he has amassed 1490 runs at an outstanding average of 99.33 in the 25 T20 matches he has played so far. The law of averages seems to have become futile in his case as he has continued his rich vein of form to torment the bowlers incessantly.

With a Bradmanesque average this year in T20s, Virat now possesses the highest average in a calendar year in T20s. In terms of runs in a calendar year, the RCB skipper is just behind his Royal Challengers Bangalore teammate Chris Gayle who scored the highest runs in a calendar year thrice.

But Gayle comes nowhere near Virat’s average in a calendar year, as the Delhi lad stands heads and shoulders above the rest in the list

**Top 10 highest averages in a calendar year in T20s**
No.	Player	Year	Matches	Innings	Runs	Average
1.	Virat Kohli	2016	26	25	1490	99.33
2.	Chris Gayle	2015	36	36	1665	59.46
3.	Chris Gayle	2011	31	31	1497	57.57
4.	Martin Guptill	2012	26	26	1042	52.10
5.	Chris Gayle	2013	33	33	1344	49.77
6.	Kevin Pietersen	2015	26	25	1020	48.57
7.	Chris Gayle	2012	40	38	1532	47.87
8.	SureshRaina	2010	29	29	1042	47.36
9.	JP Duminy	2009	35	34	1019	44.30
10.	David Warner	2011	33	33	1181	42.17