India skipper Virat Kohli surpassed former India skipper Sourav Ganguly to become India’s second-highest run-getter in one-day internationals (ODIs) at Queen’s Park Oval in Port of Spain on Sunday.
In 311 ODI matches, Sourav Ganguly had scored 11,363 runs, a mark which Virat Kohli surpassed in his 238th ODI appearance.
“Virat Kohli another master class in one day cricket @imVkohli @BCCI.. what a player,” Ganguly congratulated the Indian skipper on Twitter.
Virat kohli another master class in one day cricket @imVkohli @BCCI .. what a player
— Sourav Ganguly (@SGanguly99) August 11, 2019
The 30-year-old also became the most run-scorer against West Indies in the ODIs. As Kohli scored his 19th run in the second ODI against Windies, he broke the record of Pakistan’s Javed Miandad and became the leading run-scorer against West Indies in ODIs.
Here comes the CENTURY for #KingKohli 💯
His 42nd ton in ODIs 🙌👏
Live – https://t.co/HYucfevoBN #WIvIND pic.twitter.com/RGPtHkFMAe
— BCCI (@BCCI) August 11, 2019
Miandad has 1,930 runs against Windies from 64 innings whereas Kohli surpassed his record in 34 innings.
Kohli stepped in the field after the early dismissal of opener Shikhar Dhawan in the first over.
Innings Break!
A stupendous 120 from @imVkohli followed by a gritty knock of 71 from Iyer guides #TeamIndia to a total of 279/7.
Live – https://t.co/HYucfevoBN #WIvIND pic.twitter.com/ZNI5V2k1wh
— BCCI (@BCCI) August 11, 2019
The first ODI of the three-match series between India and West Indies was abandoned due to rain on August 8. Under Kohli’s leadership, the team defeated Windies 3-0 in the three-match T20I series.
Kohli managed to score 106 runs in the T20I series against Windies and he played a crucial 59 run knock in the final T20I.
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India won the toss opt to bat first, and were at the score of 39/1 in eight overs, Rohit Sharma and Kohli are batting at the score of 6 and 28 respectively, at the time of filing this story.
(With ANI Inputs)