Runs, milestones and sixes: Kohli owns the night in Trivandrum
Virat Kohli joined Tendulkar in a two-member 15k club, slammed the most sixes in a single innings, hit his 55th ODI century and 30th in a chase - all in a single's night's work
India made light work of West Indies in the first ODI in Thiruvananthapuram with hundreds from Shubman Gill and Virat Kohli, preceded by a four-wicket haul by Kuldeep Yadav. Stats highlights from the game.
Kohli reaches new heights
60 Hundreds by Virat Kohli in all List A one-day cricket across 338 innings – the joint most in the format alongside Sachin Tendulkar, who had as many across 538 innings and reached his 60th in his penultimate innings. 55 of Kohli’s 60 three-figure knocks have come for India in ODIs while five came for Delhi across 18 innings.
Most 100s in List A one-day cricket
2 Kohli became the second batter after Tendulkar to reach the milestone of 15,000 ODI runs, when on 61. Kohli reached there in 303 innings and 15,950 balls, compared to 377 innings and 17,528 balls by Tendulkar.
10 ODI hundreds for Kohli against West Indies – the joint-most by a batter against an opponent in the format. He equalled his own tally of ten against Sri Lanka, which he reached in 2023, also at the same venue.
Most ODI 100s vs an opposition
74 balls taken by Kohli to his hundred is the joint third fastest for India against West Indies in ODIs as well as Kohli’s third fastest in the format. Both his quicker hundreds came in the 2013 home series against Australia: off 52 balls in Jaipur and 61 balls in Nagpur.
9 sixes by Kohli is the most by him in an ODI innings surpassing eight by him against Sri Lanka at the same venue in 2023. It also happens to be the most by an Indian batter against West Indies in ODIs surpassing Rohit Sharma’s eight in Guwahati in 2018.
53 runs scored by Kohli off Alzarri Joseph in 26 balls is the second most by Kohli against a bowler in an innings in ODIs, only behind the 54 he scored off Trent Boult’s bowling in Mohali in 2016.
5 Hundreds scored at a 150+ strike rate by Kohli – the third most in the format, only behind AB de Villiers and Jos Buttler both of whom have six each. He struck at 157.95 – the third highest for him in an ODI where he batted at least 30 balls.
7006 ODI runs for Kohli in India in 128 innings – the most by a player in a country surpassing Tendulkar’s 6976 runs, in 160 innings. This was Kohli’s 42nd century across formats in International cricket in India, joint most with Tendulkar.
67 Innings taken by Gill to get to his 10th ODI century – the joint third quickest for a batter alongside Fakhar Zaman. Only the South Africa n duo of Quinton de Kock (55) and Hashim Amla (57) reached the milestone quicker in terms of innings while the previous fastest for India was 77 by Shikhar Dhawan.
6 ODI hundreds scored today across three ODIs – Temba Bavuma (103), David Miller (142), Tom Banton (126), Justin Greaves (101), Gill (110), & Kohli (139*). This is the first instance of six 100s scored in a day’s play surpassing five each on six other instances, the last of which happened during the World Cup 2023.
4.3% India recorded just ten false shots across their entire innings that lasted 41.4 overs - 4.3%. It happens to be the lowest ever in an ODI innings involving two Full Member sides where a minimum of 20 overs were batted. Shubman Gill reached his century playing a solitary false shot – the best ever by an Indian batter in the format since such numbers were recorded.
