West Indies tie against India in Visakhapatnam: Here're records broken
West Indies held India to a tie in the second ODI. The visitors kept in sync with the asking rate to manage a tie in Visakhapatnam. India managed to post 321/6, as skipper Virat Kohli smashed a superb 157*. In reply, West Indies put up a stunning fight led by Shimron Hetmyer (94) and Shai Hope (123*). Here're the records broken.
Kuldeep rises up the ladder, Hope hits second ODI ton
Kuldeep Yadav is now the third highest wicket taker in 2018 in ODIs. The wrist spinner has picked 39 wickets this year and went past Mujeeb Ur Rahman (37). Rashid Khan (48) and Adil Rashid (42) are the leading wicket takers this term. Shai Hope hit only his second ton in ODI cricket. This was his maiden ODI century against India.
Hetmyer impresses with a stunning 94
Young Shimron Hetmyer smashed a cracking 106 in the first ODI in Guwahati and he continued in the same vein in Visakhapatnam. The 21-year-old smashed a well deserved 94 to notch his second career ODI fifty. The West Indian batsman stitched a century stand (143) with Shai Hope for the fourth wicket. He hit the most sixes in the match (7).
Kohli becomes fastest to 10,000 ODI runs
Kohli has four tons in last five ODIs in India
It was another Kohli special. Kohli has been stupendous in ODIs and his last five knocks in India read as such - 157*, 140, 113, 29, 121. He also has three centuries in his last five Test innings in India. This was Kohli's second 150+ score as a captain in ODIs. He equaled former England skipper Andrew Strauss.
Kohli consolidates his position in this illustrious list
Kohli consolidated his position in an illustrious list of captains scoring 1,000+ runs in both ODIs and Tests in the same calendar year. He achieved this feat for the second year in a row (2017, 2018). Sachin Tendulkar (1997), Ricky Ponting (2005), Angelo Mathews (2014) and Steve Smith (2016) are the other 4 players to notch the same.
Kohli's tempo against WI in a different zone
Kohli has now slammed 1,000+ runs in ODIs in six calendar years. He is now only behind Sachin (7). He equaled the likes of Sourav Ganguly, Kumar Sangakkara and Ricky Ponting. This was also Virat's 3rd consecutive hundred against West Indies in ODIs. Kohli now has the most hundreds (6) against WI among all batsmen in ODIs. He overcame three South African greats.
Kohli leading run-scorer of 2018 in ODI cricket
Kohli now has the most runs in 2018 in ODIs (1,046). He has five hundreds and three fifties in 2018. Kohli became the second player to get past 1,000 runs in ODIs in 2018. Jonny Bairstow (1,025) was the first player to achieve the feat. Kohli has an amazing average of 149.25 in ODIs this year.
