It is less than fifteen days to go for the World Cup. India is currently playing a three-match ODI series against Australia. India has won the first two matches and leading the series by 2-0. This is the final rehearsal stage for both teams ahead of the World Cup. this is the platform where both teams will be able to know their strength and what they have to work on before the biggest tournament. While playing the third and final ODI, Virat Kohli reached another milestone. He scored most fifty-plus scores being a non-opener in the ODI.
Kohli’s record:
India is playing the third ODI against Australia in Rajkot. Australian batters were in a good space. They put on a target of 353 in front of Indian batters. He got out on 56 on 61 balls. He hit 5 boundaries and 1 over boundaries with a strike rate of 91.80. While scoring the runs he reached another milestone. He scored the most fifty-plus scores by a non-opener in ODIs. He scored 112 half-centuries till now. He equals that stats with Sri Lankan legend 112 and left Ricky Ponting behind.
In today’s match, Australia won the toss and decided to bat first. Australia gave a mighty start as David Warner scored a half-century. But Mitchell Marsh missed his century by four runs and got on a delivery by Kuldeep Yadav. Steve Smith scored 74 out of 61 balls. Labuschagne also played well. He scored 72 in 58 balls. Depending on those performances, Australia Put 352/7 on board at the end of 50 overs.
Kohli, the ODI legend:
Virat Kohli is the ultimate ODI legend in World cricket. He played 285 matches and scored 13335 runs. His highest score is 183 in the ODI. He is in the fifth position with the highest career batting average of 57.38. He is in the second position of scoring the most hundreds in a career which is 47. He is the number one batter who scored hundreds against one team. He is in the second position of scoring hundreds in consecutive innings.
Right now, India is in a tight position in the third ODI. Rohit Sharma got out on 81 in 57 balls. Washington Sundar scored 18 on 30 balls. Currently, Shreyas Iyer is batting on 38 out of 36 balls and KL Rahul is on 25 on 26 balls. India is 221/3 after 35 overs.
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