Updated On: 01 September, 2022 03:48 PM IST | Dubai | ANI
Kohli achieved this feat on wednesday`s Asia Cup match against Hong Kong. The ex-India skipper saw his side over the line with an unbeaten 59 off 44 balls, equalling Sharma`s 31 T20I half-centuries in this format of the game

Virat Kohli plays a shot during the Asia Cup match between India and Hong Kong. Pic/ AFP
Virat Kohli scored his 31st half-century on Wednesday, equalling the record with Rohit Sharma for scoring the most 50-plus scores in T20Is. The former India captain achieved this feat during India`s Group A tie against Hong Kong in Dubai in the ongoing 2022 edition of the tournament.
Kohli found much-needed form in the match, scoring an unbeaten 59 of 44 deliveries with the help of a boundary and three towering sixes. he looked scratchy, to begin with, but found the middle of the bat in the later stages of the innings. He now has 31 half-centuries in 94 innings from 101 matches. His highest score was 94* which came against West Indies in December 2019.