Port of Spain: Virat Kohli, who played in the second test match against West Indies (IND vs WI), achieved the feat of playing 500th international match. King Kohli, who excelled in batting too, has broken two records.
Jaiswal and Rohit provided a good start for India who lost the toss and were invited to bat in the match which started on Thursday at the Queen’s Park Oval in Port of Spain. He contributed 139 runs for the first wicket. The first match batting performance of both the players was also seen in this match. After that, Virat also batted well and scored an unbeaten half-century. Currently, the Indian team has scored 288 runs, losing 4 wickets on the first day’s play. Kohli and Jadeja have maintained the batting.
Kohli broke Sehwag’s record
Emphasizing slow batting in the beginning, Kohli took 21 balls to score the first run. He opened the account by hitting a boundary near the 21st ball. When he scored 32 runs, he overtook the record of Virender Sehwag (8586 runs) (virender sehwag). Currently Virat has scored 8642* runs.
Jacques Kallis’s record falls
Kohli broke not only Sehwag’s record but also the record of South African legend Jacques Kallis (jacques kallis). Through this, Kohli has become the 5th player in the world who has scored the most runs in international cricket. Kohli needed 73 runs to break Kallis’ record. When this run was over, Callis’ record fell. Virat Kohli is at the 5th position with 25,548* runs. Kallis (25,534 runs) fell to the 6th position. Sachin Tendulkar, who is known as God of Cricket, holds the record for most runs. Sachin scored 34357 runs. Sri Lanka’s Kumar Sangakkara (28016) is in the second position, Ricky Ponting (27483) of Aussie is in the third position and Mahela Jayawardene (25957) is in the fourth position.
That’s Stumps on Day 1 of the 2⃣nd #WIvIND Test!
Solid show from the bat #TeamIndia 👍👍
8️⃣7️⃣* for @imVkohli
8️⃣0️⃣ for Captain @ImRo45
5️⃣7️⃣ for @ybj_19
3️⃣6️⃣* for @imjadejaWe will see you tomorrow for Day 2️⃣ action!
Scorecard ▶️ https://t.co/d6oETzoH1Z pic.twitter.com/FLV0UzsKOT
— BCCI (@BCCI) July 20, 2023
Virat Kohli, who has scored 87 runs and kept batting, is confident of scoring a century in the second day’s play. If Kohli scores a century, he will complete his 76th international century.
