Indian skipper Virat Kohli continued his imperious run, scoring 107 on Saturday towards the West Indies to turn into the primary Indian cricketer, and the primary captain of any nation, to hit three consecutive ODI centuries.
It was Kohli’s 6th ODI century this 12 months, cementing his place as the highest ton-getter in 2018 (England’s Jonny Bairstow and Rohit Sharma have 4 every). He also has probably the most runs (1,153) and the best possible moderate (144) for the 12 months up to now.
However, Kohli’s heroics went in vain as India folded up for 240 to lose the match by way of 43 runs. The collection is now tied 1-1, with two matches left.
Interestingly, Kohli is the 10th participant within the historical past of the sport to get three immediately ODI centuries. So a long way, only one batsman, Sri Lanka’s Kumar Sangakkara, has long gone on to make four heaps in a row.
KOHLI'S FIRSTS
- Rajesh Kumar
It was Kohli’s 6th ODI century this 12 months, cementing his place as the highest ton-getter in 2018 (England’s Jonny Bairstow and Rohit Sharma have 4 every). He also has probably the most runs (1,153) and the best possible moderate (144) for the 12 months up to now.
However, Kohli’s heroics went in vain as India folded up for 240 to lose the match by way of 43 runs. The collection is now tied 1-1, with two matches left.
Interestingly, Kohli is the 10th participant within the historical past of the sport to get three immediately ODI centuries. So a long way, only one batsman, Sri Lanka’s Kumar Sangakkara, has long gone on to make four heaps in a row.
KOHLI'S FIRSTS
- First captain to attain three consecutive hundreds in ODIs (140 in Guwahati, in Visakhapatnam and 107 in Pune, all towards West Indies)
- First Indian batsman, and 10th general, to attain three consecutive ODI hundreds. Kumar Sangakkara holds the document with 4 ODI centuries at the trot within the 2015 World Cup.
- First Indian batsman, and 2nd general, to attain four consecutive ODI hundreds at home. Kohli scored a hundred (113 vs New Zealand in Kanpur on Oct 29, 2017) in his last appearance in ODIs at home prior to the commencement of the India-West Indies collection. The first is AB de Villiers (114 now not out & 102 now not out vs India; 107 now not out vs West Indies & 134 vs Netherlands between Feb 2010 and March 2011; all in India).
- First captain to attain four hundreds in four successive innings in ODIs at home.
- Rajesh Kumar
Kohli becomes first Indian to hit three ODI tons on the trot
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