IND vs ENG 3rd ODI: Indian team’s legendary batsman Virat Kohli scored a brilliant half-century against England. With this, he has broken the big record of Sachin Tendulkar. In this way, he has also become the first Indian cricketer to make a special record against England.
IND vs ENG 3rd ODI: For the first time an Indian has done this feat against England
Team India’s star batsman Virat Kohli’s bat was silent for many matches but in the third and last ODI of the series against England in Ahmedabad, Virat scored a brilliant half-century and showed his attitude before the Champions Trophy. He has made two big records in his name through this inning. Let us tell you that, he has become the batsman to score 16 thousand or more runs in the least number of innings in Asia. At the same time, he has also become the first Indian cricketer to score four thousand runs against England.
Kohli completed 16,000 runs in the least number of innings
Virat Kohli has broken Sachin Tendulkar’s big record by scoring a half-century against England and completing 16,000 runs in international cricket. Kohli has achieved this feat in his 340th innings, while Sachin had completed 16,000 runs in Asia in 353 innings. Apart from these two Indian players, Sri Lanka’s Kumar Sangakkara had made this record in 360 innings and another Sri Lankan legend Mahela Jayawardene had made this record in 401 innings.
Virat became the only Indian batsman to score 4 thousand runs against England
Let us tell you that Virat Kohli has made another special record in Ahmedabad. Virat has become the first Indian batsman to score 4 thousand international runs against England. He achieved this feat in his 87th match against England. So far, Virat has scored 8 centuries and 32 half-centuries against England at an average of 41.23. While overall he is the sixth cricketer to score more than 4 thousand runs against England. The record of scoring the most runs against England is registered in the name of lthe ate Australian player Sir Don Bradman. Who achieved this feat by scoring 5028 runs in 37 Test matches.
Kohli is fourth in the list of highest run scorers in Asia
- Sachin Tendulkar – 21,741 runs
- Kumar Sangakkara – 18,423 runs
- Mahela Jayawardene – 17,386 runs
- Virat Kohli – 16,000+ runs
- Sanath Jayasuriya – 13,757 runs
- Rahul Dravid – 13,497 runs
Virat Kohli scored a half-century in the ODI after 451 days
After Rohit Sharma was out, Virat Kohli came to bat at number three. He completed his half-century in the first 50 balls. Let us tell you that Virat has scored a half-century after 451 days in the 50-over format. During his innings, he scored 52 runs in 55 balls and hit 7 fours and 1 six. Kohli was once again caught in the spin of England’s star spinner Adil Rashid and was dismissed.
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