New Delhi: India has made a winning start to the five-match ODI series versus New Zealand. India won the rain-affected first ODI in Auckland on Wednesday by 5 wickets. India chased the DLS target of 143 runs in 22.4 overs on the understructure of a sunny half-century innings by Virat Kohli.
Kohli scored 74 runs in 51 balls with the help of 13 fours and one six. This is the 80th half-century of his ODI career. Kohli created a series of records by scoring a half-century in Auckland. Let us tell you well-nigh his seven strong records.
Sachin Tendulkar's world record wrenched again
37-year-old Kohli has wrenched two increasingly world records of legendary batsman Sachin Tendulkar. He has wilt the player with the most runs scored during chases in ODI cricket . Kohli has now conglomerate 8741 runs. Sachin scored 8720 runs in ODI chases. Kohli moreover tapped Sachin's record of scoring the most 50-plus scores versus SENA countries. He did so for the 134th time. Sachin scored 50-plus scores 133 times.
In cricket, South Africa, England, New Zealand, and Australia are known as SENA countries. Kohli has jointly wilt the cricketer with the most 50-plus scores in ODI victories. He has achieved this feat 94 times. He equaled former Australian tutorage Ricky Ponting (94). Kohli has wilt the first batsman to score 13,000 runs at the number-3 position in ODIs.
Kohli surpassed Sehwag
Kohli is the joint highest scorer of fifty-plus scores versus New Zealand in international cricket. Kohli, Ponting, and Pakistan's Babar Azam have washed-up so 27 times. England's Joe Root has played fifty-plus innings versus New Zealand 26 times. Kohli has scored 1971 runs versus New Zealand in ODIs. He has equaled Ponting's (1971) record for most runs versus the Kiwis in this format. Kohli has moreover surpassed Virender Sehwag on the list of Indian players with the most ODI runs versus New Zealand. He has reached the second spot with 670 runs. Sehwag has scored 598 runs. Sachin tops this list (821 runs).
Virat Kohli made these 7 records in the Auckland ODI
1. Highest run-scorer in ODI chases (8741)
2. Most 50-plus scores versus SENA countries (134 times)
3. Joint most 50-plus scores in ODI wins (94 times)
4. Joint most 50 scores versus New Zealand in international cricket (27 times)
5. Joint-most runs versus New Zealand in ODIs (1971)
6. Second-highest ODI run-scorer for India in New Zealand (670)
7. First batsman to score 13,000 runs at number 3 in ODI cricket (13,062)
