Virat Kohli is a world-class cricketer. He currently ranks number 1 in ODI cricket. He is the only batsmen to have an average above 50 in ODI Cricket. In the 2nd ODI against West Indies, Virat Kohli broke not one but two records of great players. In this article, we will tell you what those records are.
The first record, Virat Kohli broke is of Javed Miandad. Javed Miandad earlier was the highest run-scorer against West Indies with 1980 runs in 64 innings. Virat Kohli has broken his record in just 34 innings. With his 42nd ODI century, Virat becomes the only cricketer to score 2,000 runs against West Indies.
The second record Virat broke is against an excellent Indian cricketer and commentator. He is the one and only Saurav Ganguly. Saurav Ganguly in his 311 ODI’s scored a total of 11,363 runs. Virat has broken this record in just 268 ODI innings. He now ranks at 8th place in highest-scoring ODI batsmen.
The 2nd ODI against West Indies was full of records not just for King Kohli but also for Chris Gayle. Chris Gayle who has been playing ODI cricket for West Indies since a long time has now played 300 ODI matches. he is the only West Indies batsmen to ever do so.
The 2nd ODI between India and West Indies was just full of fun for the Indians. We saw a huge partnership between Virat Kohli and Shreyas Iyer. Iyer who was playing his 14th ODI match scored 71 runs while Kohli made 120 runs. Due to them, India reached 279 runs. In turn, West Indies was only able to make 210 runs and go all out.
Earlier, Virat surpassed Saurav Ganguly’s record by achieving 22 test match victories. He is now the only Indian captain to do so.
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