Kohli scores droughtending T20 hundred

VIRAT KOHLI’s agonising wait for an international hundred is finally over and the star Indian batsman is surprised he ended the drought with a century in the game’s 20-overs format.

Kohli’s unbeaten 122 in Thursday’s Asia Cup match against Afghanistan was his first international century since his 70th in a test match in November 2019.

Holders India could not make the final but Kohli is the tournament’s leading scorer with 276 runs from five innings including his maiden century in Twenty20 Internationals albeit in a dead rubber.

‘I was a bit shocked because this was the format I least expected a century to come in any time soon, but it’s all God’s blessings,’ the 33-year-old said during a mid-innings interview.

INDIA welcomed back Jasprit Bumrah in their Twenty20 World Cup squad on Monday, also recalling a fit-again Harshal Patel to bolster their pace bowling department.

Bumrah, whose unorthodox action and ability to bowl yorkers at will make him an asset particularly in the shortest format, missed the recent Asia Cup with a back injury that has kept him out of action since mid-July.

Patel too has recovered from a rib injury to join the 15-member squad as a potent deathovers