IND vs AUS: Only behind Tendulkar! Kohli rewrites record books at SCG

Team India batter Virat Kohli added different aureate leafage to his illustrious one-day grounds books connected Saturday, becoming the second-highest run-getter successful ODI past and moving past Sri Lankan fable Kumar Sangakkara’s tally of 14,234 runs.

The Indian batting large present stands astatine 14,235 runs successful 293 innings, lone down Sachin Tendulkar’s all-time grounds of 18,426 runs.

Most runs successful ODIs

At the Sydney Cricket Ground, wherever India looked to debar a whitewash against Australia, Kohli produced different composed knock, anchoring the pursuit alongside Rohit Sharma. His half-century, maiden 1 successful this three-match bid aft 2 consecutive ducks, not lone stabilised India’s innings aft skipper Shubman Gill’s aboriginal dismissal but besides added to a database of singular idiosyncratic milestones.Kohli’s 50 marked his 24th 50-plus people against Australia successful ODIs, equalling Sachin Tendulkar’s grounds — though Kohli has achieved it successful conscionable 51 innings, compared to Tendulkar’s 70. The innings besides took his full tally against Australia successful ODIs to implicit 2,500 runs, further reinforcing his estimation arsenic 1 of the finest batters against the satellite champions.Kohli’s concern with Rohit Sharma, a period stand, their archetypal successful immoderate format since January 2020, was vintage Indian cricket.

The brace batted with calm precision, mixing onslaught rotation with authoritative boundaries to support India good up of the required rate. Kohli, existent to his nickname “Chasemaster”, erstwhile again seemed successful implicit power of the pursuit, registering his 70th fifty-plus people successful palmy ODI chases, the astir by immoderate batter successful history.Earlier successful the day, India’s bowlers had done their job. Young pacer Harshit Rana grabbed a career-best 4 for 39, portion Washington Sundar picked up 2 important wickets arsenic Australia were bundled retired for 236 successful 46.4 overs.Australia, already 2-0 up successful the bid aft wins successful Perth and Adelaide, looked acceptable for different beardown full earlier India’s bowlers triggered a stunning collapse, claiming the past 7 wickets for conscionable 53 runs.But the day, arsenic it truthful often happens successful India-Australia clashes, belonged to Virat Kohli. His grin aft reaching his archetypal tally of the series, the large cheers from Sydney, and the records that tumbled on the mode — each added up to different reminder of wherefore helium remains 1 of the top ever to grace ODI cricket.