#1 Virat Kohli
The current Indian captain is an automatic choice in the list. He is arguably the greatest modern day limited-overs batsman. His love story with the Australian grounds is well-known and he also has the ‘Australian attitude’ in him.
The ability of Kohli to switch gears quickly, makes him a rare commodity. He showed this in IPL 2016 where he hit 4 centuries and 7 half-centuries in the 16 matches that he played. The Delhi boy played with a strike-rate of 153.40 during the tournament.
In the total 194 T20 innings that he has played, Virat Kohli has scored 6401 runs at an average of 44.15. In this format, Kohli has scored over 55 percent of his total runs in boundaries, highlighting the level of dominance by the right-hander.
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