WI vs IND: Kohli can script these records in ODIs

By Rajdeep Saha

Aug 07, 2019

06:14 pm

What's the story

Team India begins its three-match ODI series journey against West Indies starting August 8 in Guyana.

India overcame Windies 3-0 in the T20Is and will want to start off with a bang in ODIs.

Skipper Virat Kohli, who is the world's best batsman in ODI cricket, can register a host of records against the Windies.

Here we present the same.

Kohli ODIs

Kohli has always been piling up one record after the other in ODIs.

Even during the 2019 World Cup, he smashed many records despite not scoring a century.

Kohli loves to bat against West Indies and in 2018, he dictated the show in the five-match ODI series at home.

The 30-year-old had smashed three centuries.

One expects the GOAT to deliver once again.

Kohli vs WI

Kohli has scored 1,912 runs from 33 ODI matches at an average of 70.81 against WI.

He has amassed the maximum number of hundreds (7) in India-West Indies ODIs, besides amassing 10 fifties.

In the upcoming series, Kohli can surpass the 2,000-run mark against WI.

He can also set the record for most fifties by overcoming Sachin Tendulkar and Sourav Ganguly (both 11).

Record

Kohli has a total of 556 runs from 12 matches at 55.60 against WI at their own backyard.

He will be aiming to break Ramnaresh Sarwan's record for the most number of runs scored by a batsman in India-West Indies ODIs in the Caribbean.

Former WI batsman Sarwan, who scored 700 runs from 17 matches, is just 144 runs ahead of the Indian skipper.

Kohli ODI runs

Kohli has also scored two hundreds on Windies soil in ODIs.

He is currently tied with former West Indian hero Desmond Haynes (2).

If Kohli hits a ton, then he will script the record for the most hundreds between India and West Indies in ODIs here.

Kohli needs 78 more to surpass Ganguly's career ODI-run tally (11,363).

Kohli has 11,286 runs at the moment.