ICC World T20 2016: 10 records that were broken at the World T20

Tillakaratne Dilshan Sri Lanka cricket 2016 World T20

#6 – Highest batting average in World T20s

Virat Kohli India World T20 2016

Player-of-the-tournament, Virat Kohli was easily the best batsman of the tournament with a number of match-winning knocks for India to take them to the semi-finals of the tournament. Kohli scored a phenomenal 273 runs in 5 innings at an outstanding average of 136.50 and a strike rate of 146.77.

His unbelievable batting average took his overall batting average in World T20s to a staggering 86.33 having scored 777 runs in just 16 innings. The second batsman on the list is Australia's Michael Hussey who was 30 runs behind Kohli with an average of 54.62 after he scored 437 runs in 16 innings. What makes Kohli's achievement greater is his knack of chasing down targets perfectly. While batting second in World T20s, Kohli averages 228.50 having scored 457 runs in 8 innings.

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