Southampton, July 11 -- England's star wicketkeeper batter Jos Buttler etched his name into the record books as he surpassed Virat Kohli to become the third-highest run scorer in T20 internationals.

Butler achieved this feat during the fifth T20 against Indian being played at The Rose Bowl in Southampton.

Buttler opened the innings for England and scored 131 runs off just 64 balls, studded with 12 fours and eight sixes, taking his career tally to 4,212 runs.

Virat Kohli amassed 4,188 runs in 125 T20Is for India between 2010 and 2024 before retiring.

Buttler took more than 35 innings than Kohli to achieve the feat in his 160th T20I appearance.

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