Virat Kohli’s massive T20 record broken by Ireland opener Paul Stirling

During Paul Stirling’s impressive knock of 40 off 35 balls against the UAE, he hit four fours and managed to overtake Virat Kohli to attain the record for hitting maximum fours in T20 cricket. 

Indian skipper Virat Kohli holds plenty of records in all three formats of the game. On Sunday (October 10), Kohli lost one of his precious T20 records to Ireland opener Paul Stirling. The Irish star smashed a T20 world record in a game against the UAE ahead of the T20 World Cup 2021, which till now belonged to Kohli.

During Stirling’s impressive knock of 40 off 35 balls against the UAE, he hit four fours and managed to overtake Kohli to attain the record for hitting maximum fours in T20 cricket. Stirling has now hit 288 fours in T20 format, while Virat has hit 285 fours in his T20 career so far.

Stirling and Kohli are followed by New Zealand’s Martin Guptill, who has the record of hitting 256 fours in T20 cricket. Team India’s vice-captain Rohit Sharma, and possibly the new India T20 captain, is at No. 4 on the list with 252 fours and Australia T20 skipper captain Aaron Finch is at No. 5.