After scoring nine runs in the ongoing ODI towards South Africa, Kohli went previous Sachin Tendulkar who had scored 5,065 runs in the away ODIs for the country.
Personnel India batter Virat Kohli (Offer: Twitter)
Virat Kohli on Wednesday (January 19) modified into India’s highest lope-getter in away ODIs. The 33-one year-passe carried out the feat in the ongoing first ODI of the three-match series towards South Africa on the Boland Park, Paarl.
After scoring nine runs in the ongoing ODI, Kohli went previous Sachin Tendulkar who had scored 5,065 runs in the away ODIs for the country.
Notably, Tendulkar had 5065 runs in 147 innings, but Kohli overtook him in upright 104 innings with a a long way superior moderate of 58 to Tendulkar’s 37. The 33-one year-passe batter is adopted by veteran India captain MS Dhoni (4520 runs in 124 accommodations), Rahul Dravid (3998 runs in 110 accommodations), and Sourav Ganguly (3468 runs in 105 accommodations).
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Kohli overtakes Dravid and Ganguly
At some level of the match, Kohli, after scoring 26 runs, furthermore surpassed Rahul Dravid (1309 runs) and Sourav Ganguly (1313 runs) to develop into the 2nd-highest Indian lope-getter in ODIs towards South Africa after Sachin’s tally of 2001 runs.
Earlier, Rassie van der Dussen (129*) and Temba Bavuma (110) were the lustrous spots with the bat as South Africa posted 296/4. Bavuma and van der Dussen placed on a stand of 204 runs for the fourth wicket and here is the 2nd-highest by a South African pair in ODIs towards India.
Kohli had final registered an world century in 2019 as he scored a ton towards Bangladesh in the day-night Test on the Eden Gardens. After that, the batter managed to fetch half of-century several instances but the three-figure phrase has kept on evading him.
Final week, Kohli presented his resolution to step down as India’s Test skipper.
Kohli holds the legend for most Test appearances as India Test captain (68) and he furthermore holds the legend for most Test wins by an Indian captain (40). Ultimate Graeme Smith, Ricky Ponting, and Steve Waugh beget won extra suits than Kohli as captain in Test cricket.
Final one year, Kohli had stepped down as the T20I captain after which he modified into once removed as the ODI skipper after the selectors desired to beget one captain for the white-ball codecs.
