NEW DELHI: Virat Kohli has added yet any other feather to his illustrious cap as the flamboyant batsman turned into most effective the fourth Indian captain ever to attain 4000 runs in ODIs.
In the method, Kohli (63 innings) additionally surpassed South African celebrity AB de Villiers (77 innings) to turn into the quickest player to attain 4000 ODI runs as captain.
Kohli - who slammed his 40th ODI ton in the second match in Nagpur - completed the milestone in taste as he hit a placing boundary to head past the score of 27 right through the third one-dayer in opposition to Australia on the JSCA Stadium in Ranchi on Friday.
Chasing 314, Kohli made a stylish 123 off 95 balls - his back-to-back century in opposition to Australia - to keep India in the hunt earlier than being bowled through Adam Zampa at a the most important time.
Kohli joined the elite list which already has giant names of MS Dhoni (6641), Mohammad Azharuddin (5239) and Sourav Ganguly (5104) forward of him.
The Indian run-machine, who had 3973 runs to his identify prior to this match, has additionally turn into the 12th cricketer total to attain 4000 runs as captain in ODIs.
Earlier in the day, Indian pacers lined up commendably for a rare off-day endured through the spinners as Australia had been limited to 313 despite a 193-run opening stand between skipper Aaron Finch and Usman Khawaja.
Khawaja (104, 113 balls) scored his maiden ODI ton whilst skipper Finch (93, 99 balls) chose this actual match to get back to form. Glenn Maxwell (47 off 31 balls) additionally contributed with lusty blows.
The Indian spinners -- Ravindra Jadeja (zero/64 in 10 overs) and Kedar Jadhav (zero/32 in 2 overs) -- had been carted everywhere in the park. Kuldeep Yadav (3/64 in 10 overs), then again, redeemed himself on the back-end of the innings.
The trio gave away 160 runs in 22 overs and it used to be left to Jasprit Bumrah (zero/53) and Mohammed Shami (1/52 in 10 overs) to take care of the self-discipline right through the general overs as the whole will have long past as regards to the 350-run mark.
In the general 10 overs, Australia may just score most effective 69 runs, despite being 244 for two after 40 overs, courtesy Bumrah and Shami who bowled 64 dot balls between them.
In the method, Kohli (63 innings) additionally surpassed South African celebrity AB de Villiers (77 innings) to turn into the quickest player to attain 4000 ODI runs as captain.
Kohli - who slammed his 40th ODI ton in the second match in Nagpur - completed the milestone in taste as he hit a placing boundary to head past the score of 27 right through the third one-dayer in opposition to Australia on the JSCA Stadium in Ranchi on Friday.
Chasing 314, Kohli made a stylish 123 off 95 balls - his back-to-back century in opposition to Australia - to keep India in the hunt earlier than being bowled through Adam Zampa at a the most important time.
Kohli joined the elite list which already has giant names of MS Dhoni (6641), Mohammad Azharuddin (5239) and Sourav Ganguly (5104) forward of him.
The Indian run-machine, who had 3973 runs to his identify prior to this match, has additionally turn into the 12th cricketer total to attain 4000 runs as captain in ODIs.
Earlier in the day, Indian pacers lined up commendably for a rare off-day endured through the spinners as Australia had been limited to 313 despite a 193-run opening stand between skipper Aaron Finch and Usman Khawaja.
Khawaja (104, 113 balls) scored his maiden ODI ton whilst skipper Finch (93, 99 balls) chose this actual match to get back to form. Glenn Maxwell (47 off 31 balls) additionally contributed with lusty blows.
The Indian spinners -- Ravindra Jadeja (zero/64 in 10 overs) and Kedar Jadhav (zero/32 in 2 overs) -- had been carted everywhere in the park. Kuldeep Yadav (3/64 in 10 overs), then again, redeemed himself on the back-end of the innings.
The trio gave away 160 runs in 22 overs and it used to be left to Jasprit Bumrah (zero/53) and Mohammed Shami (1/52 in 10 overs) to take care of the self-discipline right through the general overs as the whole will have long past as regards to the 350-run mark.
In the general 10 overs, Australia may just score most effective 69 runs, despite being 244 for two after 40 overs, courtesy Bumrah and Shami who bowled 64 dot balls between them.
Virat Kohli fastest to 4000 ODI runs as captain
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