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Recently, the second T20I against West Indies was held at the Bharat Ratna Shri Atal Bihari Vajpayee International Cricket Stadium, Lucknow.

In the current ongoing T20I series against Windies, Virat Kohli has been rested and Rohit Sharma is leading the team in the T20I series. Rohit surpassed the record of the best batsman in the world Virat Kohli in terms of the number of runs scored in T20Is.

Hitman Rohit Sharma became India’s leading run-getter in T20 Internationals by scoring the total of 2,203 runs in his T20I career and holds second place in the list after New Zealand Cricketer Martin Guptill who scored 2,271 runs in his T20I career.

Following the opener Rohit Sharma, the third slot is occupied by Pakistani Cricketer Shoaib Malik who scored 2190 runs in his T20I career and the cricketer from New Zealand Brendon McCullum who scored 2140 runs in T20Is.

The second Indian batsman who holds the place in the most run-getters in T20I is Captain Virat Kohli who scored 2102 runs.

Further, the list includes cricketer from Afghanistan Mohammad Shahzad with 1936 runs, Pakistani Cricketer Mohammad Hafeez with 1908 runs, Sri Lanka’s Cricketer Tillakaratne Dilshan with 1889 runs, South African Cricketer JP Duminy with 1858 runs and Australian Cricketer David Warner with 1792 runs.

For upcoming India’s tour to Australia, the ban on David Warner and Steve Smith due to ball-tampering could be lifted. The CA has come under pressure from the Australian Cricketer Association (ACA) to end the bans on the Aussie trio for the India vs Australia series.

The arrival of David Warner, Bancroft, and Steve Smith will strengthen Australia’s Test squad. The tour will start from 21 November 2018 and will include 3 Twenty20 Internationals, 4 Test matches, and 3 One Day Internationals.

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Upcoming India’s Tour to Australia will begin from November 21 in Brisbane with its first T20I and it will end on January 18 in Melbourne with its last and third ODI. India vs Australia Series will include three Twenty20 Internationals, four Test matches, and three One Day Internationals.

The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) had sent a small team to Australia to check the preparations for their upcoming series. The team has recommended the BCCI to told Cricket Australia (CA) to strike off beef from Team India’s food menu.

The BCCI inspection team have told the hosts CA that the team will appreciate more vegetarian items on the menu, enough fruit supplies, and it will help if preparations were ‘Indianised’. The team wants BCCI to include the no-beef clause to be included in the in the Memorandum of Understanding between BCCI and CA.

During Indian National Cricket Team last tour to England which ended this August, BCCI’s on Twitter tweeted a photo of the team’s lunch menu during the second Test at the Lord’s. The menu included braised beef pasta. The tweet mention as “A well-earned lunch for #TeamIndia,”.

That tweet invited Indian cricket fans to protest against the beef being served to Indian players. So maybe this time BCCI has chosen to play safe and decided not to serve beef at all in the team lunch during matches.

A close source of BCCI has revealed that players in the past have complained that food during the Australia tours has usually been bland. The source told that players often complain about the blandness of food served in Australia.

There are a few vegetarians in the team who really struggle at the grounds pointing to Paceman Ishant Sharma. The inspection team has also roped in an Indian restaurant in Australia to supply curries to the boys.

Source further said that the players now pay as much attention to their diet as they do to the cricketing aspects. Earlier, players even consume cheeseburgers while on tour. It has all changed.

The BCCI inspection team that traveled to Australia to ensure smooth travel, practice, and dietary arrangements for Team India.

The Indian Cricket Team is one of the powerful teams in the cricketing world. Its top bowlers include Bhuvaneshwar Kumar, Zaheer Khan, Anil Kumble, Ravichandran Ashwin, Kapil Dev, Mohit Sharma, Harbhajan Singh, Mohammed Shami, Amit Mishra, and Ishant Sharma. Here are a few bowlers and the expensive cars they possess. Let us know about them and their ride of choice.

Bhuvaneshwar Kumar is a right-arm medium-fast bowler. He can swing the ball both ways efficiently. He has his inswingers more effective than outswing. He is also a lower order right-handed batsman. He confuses opposite side with his swinging deliveries. In the Indian Premier League, he plays for the Sunrisers Hyderabad.

Buvaneshwar Kumar’s vehicle of choice is the BMW 5 Series 530d M-Sport which is powered by a 3.0-litre diesel engine that churns out 250 Bhp and 540 Nm of torque.

Harbhajan Singh plays in all forms of cricket. He is a specialist spin bowler. He has the second-highest number of Test wickets by an off-spinner. He is one of the most successful off-spinners India has ever had in the past decade. He is often known as the turbanator.

Spinner Harbhajan Singh drives around in a Hummer H2. The large SUV has appeared in many Bollywood movies and is popular with celebrities in India. Indian captain M.S. Dhoni also owns this. It is powered by a 6.0-litre V8 engine that churns out 393bhp & 563Nm of torque. He also owns a Ford Endeavour.

Axar Patel is a left-arm spinner. He is known for his disciplined bowling. In Indian Premier League, he plays for Kings XI Punjab. Before Kings XI Punjab, he was signed up Mumbai Indians in 2013.

Patel’s ride of choice is the most affordable Land Rover Discovery Sport. The Discovery Sport sit a bit lower to the ground and is more affordable than its siblings, it can still easily go off-roading like any other Land Rover.

The Indian Cricket Team is one of the strongest teams in the cricketing world. Sachin Tendulkar, Virat Kohli, MS Dhoni, Sourav Ganguly, and many more forms an important part of it during their times. Here are a few All-Rounder and the luxurious cars they possess. Let us know about them and their Ride of Choice.

All-rounder Yuvraj Singh played all forms of the cricket. He bats left-handed in the middle order. He bowls slow left-arm orthodox. From Lamborghini Murcielago to Bentley Continental, he owns a range of performance vehicles in his garage.

Yuvraj has an exotic garage and he owns a lovely Long Beach blue shade BMW X6 M which is the performance version of the flagship SUV. He also owns BMW M3 Convertible (E46) in a Pheonix Yellow Metallic shade.

Yuvi also holds BMW E60 M5 in beautiful Interlagos Blue shade. Yuvi received Audi Q5 as a gift from the German manufacturer. He also owns white colored BMW 3-Series (E90).

Fastest car in the Yuvi garage is Lamborghini Murcielago LP 640-4, which the cricket drives quite regularly. Yuvraj also owns a Bentley Continental Flying Spur. It is the most luxurious car in his fleet. He also has been spotted driving it on multiple occasions.

All-rounder Hardik Pandya is bats right-handed and bowls right-arm fast-medium. He made his name with the Mumbai Indians in the IPL. He is known primarily for his quick bowling and loud hairstyles. Pandya’s daily driver is the Range Rover Vogue SUV from British marque Land Rover. He also owns an Audi A6 sedan.

All-rounder Ravindra Jadeja plays as a left-handed middle-order batsman. He is a slow left-arm orthodox bowler. In Indian Premier League, he represents Chennai Super Kings. Recently he made his comeback into the Indian team because of his good 2018 IPL season.

Jadeja was gifted an Audi Q7 as a pre-wedding gift by his father-in-law. Jadeja’s Q7 is powered by a 3.0-litre V6 diesel engine that generates a maximum of 245 Bhp and 600 Nm of torque.

Indian Cricketer KL Rahul or Kannanur Lokesh Rahul plays at a top order right-handed batsman and an occasional wicket-keeper also. in the Indian Premier League, KL Rahul played for Kings XI Punjab.

All-rounder Hardik Himanshu Pandya or Hardik Pandya bats right-handed and bowls right-arm fast-medium. He plays for Mumbai Indians in the Indian Premier League. His elder brother Krunal Pandya is also a cricketer and now has been selected in India's T20I squads against West Indies and Australia. He will act as a direct replacement of his brother in the team.

Hardik Pandya is suffering from an injury and is on the road to recovery. In the Asia Cup 2018, Hardik Pandya got injured in the match between India and Pakistan and is carried on the stretcher off the field. He is striving to restore his full fitness.

The three cricketers share a great bond and share some amazing moments too. Once in IPL 2018, Kings XI Punjab wicketkeeper-batsman KL Rahul and Mumbai Indians all-rounder Hardik Pandya swapped their team t-shirts in front of the crowd at Wankhede after the match.

KL Rahul scored 94 runs off 60 balls against Mumbai Indians in their Indian Premier League 2018 match. Despite his brilliant knock, Kings XI Punjab suffered a three-run defeat at the hands of Mumbai Indians.

Hardik Pandya, who plays alongside KL Rahul in the Indian cricket team was seen consoling Rahul after the loss. The two also swapped their jerseys, which is a common football tradition practiced across the world.

KL Rahul said, “Look we have seen this happening a lot in football. And obviously, Hardik and I are good friends so I felt like it would be nice to collect some jerseys and bring that tradition into cricket as well,”.

Hardik Pandya is a person who has many fans, even Hardik Pandya shared a video of former Indian Captain MS Dhoni’s three-year-old daughter Ziva cheering for him during India’s second T20I against Ireland in Dublin. MS Dhoni Biographydepicts the life of the great Mahendra Singh Dhoni.

Indian Cricketer Kedar Jadhav is an all-rounder Wicket-keeper who bats right-handed and bowls right-arm off-break and keeps as well. Kedar Jadhav has played for U-19 Maharashtra team. Kedar Jadhav is also called as a ‘pocket size dynamite’.

Kedar plays for Maharashtra in domestic cricket. In Ranji Trophy 2013-14, he scored 1223 runs including six centuries and was highest run-getter and the fourth-highest in a season.

With his efforts, Maharashtra reached the finale that season but was defeated by Karnataka but he was awarded the Madhavrao Scindia Award for being the highest run-getter in Ranji Trophy in that season.

In the Indian Premier League, he now plays for the Chennai Super Kings. Previously he played for Delhi Daredevils, Royal Challengers Bangalore and Kochi Tuskers Kerala.

Initially, he was in Royal Challengers Bangalore development squad but was signed by Delhi Daredevils in 2010. For the next season, he was signed by the Kochi Tuskers Kerala, for them, he played only 6 matches that year.

In 2013 he did not perform well and next year, he was not retained by Delhi Daredevils. In 2016 IPL, he was traded to Royal Challengers Bangalore for an undisclosed amount. In 2018, he was selected by Chennai Super Kings for 7.8 crore rupees.

Kedar made an immediate impact as he scored 50 runs off 29 balls by hitting 5 fours and 2 sixes for Delhi Daredevils against the Royal Challengers Bangalore in his debut IPL match. He won the Man of the match award for his efforts.

Kedar was named in the Indian squad for Bangladesh tour in June 2014 but he did not get an opportunity to play. On 16 November 2014, he made his ODI debut for India against Sri Lanka in 5th match of Sri Lanka tour of India at Ranchi. He scored 20 off 24 balls before he was dismissed.

He made his T20I debut for India against Zimbabwe on 17 July 2015. Also, he played in all three ODIs against Zimbabwe in July 2015. In the third ODI match, he scored 105 not out off 87 balls, his maiden ODI hundred after 4 ODI innings. Before him, MS Dhoni and Manoj Prabhakar held the record taking five innings each.

Manish Pandey broke his record. Manish Pandey's scored unbeaten 104 off 81 balls getting his maiden ODI century. In 2012, Jadhav made his first triple ton by scoring 327 against Uttar Pradesh at Maharashtra Cricket Association Stadium in Pune. This score is second-highest by a Maharashtra batsman ever in the Ranji Trophy.

On April 2005, MS Dhoni had announced himself on the international stage by hitting 148 runs off 123 balls against Pakistan on his fifth ODI in Vizag. Later, MS Dhoni surpassed his own record by hitting 183 runs against Sri Lanka in Jaipur in 2005.

13 Years ago, on 31st October 2005 in Third One Day International of Sri Lanka’s Tour of India in Jaipur, Mahendra Singh Dhoni remained unbeaten and smashed 183 runs off 145 balls. In that knock, he hit 10 sixes and 15 fours. India chased 299 runs and won the match by 6 wickets. This is MS Dhoni’s highest ODI score till now.

Celebrating the 13 years of MSD, BCCI on Twitter posted “Throwback - On this day in 2005, @msdhoni notched his highest ODI score. KaBOOM all the way ”

After the match, Dhoni told that after his148 runs this is what expected of him, he is happy with the number three position. But he is also happy to play where ever the team management decides. He told that when the first ball was bowled he read the wicket and as the game progressed it became flat. He told it was a long innings for him and he kept for 50 overs and batted for a time so it was tough for him.

Indian Skipper Rahul Dravid praised Dhoni and told it was “unbelievable stuff”. He told that they were all privileged to watch such an inning. It was a fantastic knock. When they went into the dressing room they believed that they could get it.

Dhoni is one of the most successful captains in the history of Indian cricket has been dropped from the T20I squad for the upcoming series against West Indies and Australia. But he still remains the No.1 choice as wicketkeeper batsmen for 2019 ODI World Cup.

Former India skipper Sunil Gavaskar told that Virat Kohli needs MS Dhoni and he has no doubt about it. He also told that in 50 overs where there is more time, MSD comes into play. He makes small field adjustments and tells bowlers from where to bowl and what to bowl. As per him, it will be a huge plus for Virat.

On 26th May 1999, during India’s World Cup match against Sri Lanka at Taunton in England, the partnership between the two most amazing duo of Sourav Ganguly and Rahul Dravid was amazing and unique. Both of them put together 318 runs for India. It was then a record-breaking partnership in ODIs.

Sadagoppan Ramesh and Sourav Ganguly opened the batting for Team India but India lost an early wicket of Ramesh when he was removed by Chaminda Vaas for 5 but this early fall did not affect the Indian side instead fans got to see the mindblowing partnership of two great players.

Rahul Dravid came at number three to bat. Sourav Ganguly and Rahul Dravid put together the 2nd-wicket partnership of 318 runs to help India score a massive 373 runs at the loss of 6 wickets in their 50 overs in a group match.

It was Rahul Dravid who started the initial attack by playing some beautiful shots on both sides of the wicket. Sourav Ganguly and Rahul Dravid both scored a ton.

Unfortunately, in the 46th over, India lost their second wicket at 324 runs. Rahul Dravid was run out for 145 which brought the end to the partnership of 318 runs. Sourav Ganguly though continued his attack and had slammed 183 runs in just 158 deliveries. He hit 17 boundaries and 7 massive sixes.

It was the first World Cup for Sourav Ganguly and Rahul Dravid. Three years later after their sensational test debut in England, both the players had by then become an integral part of the Indian batting line-up.

The partnership between them was the highest for any wicket in the World Cup at that time. In 1999 itself, Sachin Tendulkar and Rahul Dravid put together 331 runs. Then Chris Gayle and Marlon Samuels surpassed them in the 2015 ICC World Cup against Zimbabwe by putting together 372 runs.

Cricket World Cup is organized by International Cricket Council (ICC) in every four years. The upcoming cricket world cup tournament will be organized in England in from 30 May 2019 to 15 July 2019.

Billions of Cricket fans and cricket lovers all over the world are enthusiastically waiting for the ICC Cricket World Cup 2019. The biggest question as far as team India is concerned is that should former captain MS Dhoni be part of India’s Squad for the World Cup 2019.

For the first time ever, MS Dhoni is has been omitted from the three-match Twenty20 International series against the Windies and Australia.

Sunil Gavaskar, the former Indian Captain feels that Mahendra Singh Dhoni is must for the 2019 ODI World Cup. Current Indian Captain Virat Kohli will get benefits of having the experienced wicket-keeper batsman in his side.

In 2018, Dhoni has scored just 252 runs from 12 innings at an average of 25 and a strike-rate of 68.10. But, Gavaskar insisted on Dhoni's experience of having led Indian side and achieving multiple victories in World Cup in the past.

India won World Cup for two times in the year 1983 and 2011. India had also been the Runner Up for one time in the year 2003 after losing from the five-time champions Australia.

Sunil Gavaskar said Virat needs Dhoni and there is no doubt about it. In 50 overs where there is that much more time, that's when MSD comes into play. Dhoni makes those small field adjustments telling the bowlers where to bowl and what to bowl. It's a huge plus for Virat Kohli.

Sunil Gavaskar said that while Virat Kohli still has a support in the 20-over game but MS Dhoni's presence in the side will be vital. He said, "MSD is an absolute must for the 2019 World Cup,".

Talking about Rohit Sharma, Sunil Gavaskar believes that the way Rohit Sharma has come to the party as a captain, as a thinker, as a planner. He has been brilliant. He said,

"With Rohit coming in and also Ajinkya Rahane, Virat has a couple more shoulders to lean on. Therefore, I think this [is a] move to have MS Dhoni take a break from T20I cricket."

The God of Cricket, Sachin Tendulkar and Yuvi have always been known to share a great bond. From 2000 to 2013 they have shared the dressing room and are together. At the time of Sachin Tendulkar’s retirement, Yuvi was heartbroken.

On the day Tendulkar announced his decision to retire from Cricket, Yuvraj Singh had made a comeback, despite scoring a match-winning 77 runs off 35 balls in the Twenty20 international against Australia in Rajkot, he was saddened by the news of Sachin Tendulkar’s retirement.

Yuvraj Singh hopes to play alongside Sachin Tendulkar for one last time and he said that he would definitely go to watch Sachin’s 200th Test even if he is not the part of squad.

Sachin always guided Yuvraj on and off the field about the things in his life, especially the World Cup journey, so it's been very special for Yuvi. It’s tough for Yuvraj to see Sachin go. He once said that Sachin will always be very special to him and his retirement will be an emotional time for the whole of India.

It is well-known that Yuvraj Singh and Sachin Tendulkar are great friends. Yuvi said, "I don't think I am going to let him go away. I am going to catch hold of his feet and not let him leave the dressing room. It has been amazing to play with him for so many years -- one of the greatest players to have played the game. I don't know what to say,".

Yuvraj Singh always respects Sachin. In 2011,Yuvi mentioned that he wanted to win the World Cup for the Sachin and he did that. Under the captaincy of MS Dhoni ,Team India won the World ICC World Cup 2011.

In 2014, Yuvi touched Sachin's feet at Lord's during an exhibition match when they were on opposing sides. Sachin Tendulkar's warning changed Yuvraj Singh’s angry attitude too. Sachin once scolded Yuvi after he abused his cricket equipment following a poor performance. After that Yuvraj Singh learned from Sachin Tendulkar that keeping cool in stressful times is a symbol of a good sportsperson.

After the phenomenal performance of India in First One Day International against West Indies and taking a lead by 1-0 at the end of Second One Day International at Visakhapatnam.

Visakhapatnam is a place where MSD began his journey in the world of cricket. MS Dhoni is about to complete his 14 years in international cricket. Former Indian Captain was seen inspecting the pitch and talked with groundsmen on the eve of the second One-day International between India and West Indies.

BCCI tweeted pictures of Dhoni examining the pitch and tweeted that “The KING is here!”. This ground and the city of Visakhapatnam has a special bond and memories for the former Indian Captain. Everyone hoped that MSD will create new memories on the ground again.

During the Second ODI match at Visakhapatnam, the crowd at the venue witnessed Virat Kohli’s amazing record-breaking performance along with West Indies batsman Shai Hope.

India scored 321 runs at a loss of 6 wickets. Virat Kohli scored 157 runs from 129 balls for India. West Indies responded with 321 runs at a loss of 7 wickets. Shai Hope remained not out and scored 123 runs for Windies. The match ended in a thrilling tie.

When Dhoni arrived on the pitch to bat there was a huge roar of the crowd watching the match at the stadium. MS Dhoni gave an epic reaction after hitting a massive six that left his fans flooded with joy.

It was the same ground where he struck his first ODI hundred against Pakistan in 2005. Though Dhoni was unable to stay till the end and finish the innings, he brought back memories with a huge six which was followed by a reaction that had everyone gushing.

Fans loved what they watch and they had a lot to say about Dhoni’s epic reaction. Dhoni’s fans called his reaction cute while some said it made their day. It seemed like memories are running in Dhoni’s mind while playing on the same ground from where he started after soo many years.
Dhoni’s fans are delighted with his reaction after hitting a six.

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After the brilliant and record-breaking performance of Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli in first One Day International against West Indies out of the five-match ODI series at Guwahati, India took the lead by 1-0 as the match was won by India by 8 wickets.

The Second One Day International at Visakhapatnam ended in a thrilling tie. West Indies scored

321 runs at the loss of 7 wickets and India also scored 321 runs at the loss of 6 wickets. But the match was very special for Virat Kohli as he broke Master Blaster’s record.

For the Third One Day International scheduled at Pune, the BCCI announced India's 15-man squad for the remaining 3 ODIs against West Indies.

Bhuvneshwar Kumar and Jasprit Bumrah returned after being rested for the first 2 matches but the name of the key player in the middle order Kedar Jadhav was missing. Not only his name but Mohammed Shami’s name was also excluded from the team.

Mohammed Shami and Umesh Yadav both underperformed in the first two ODIs against the West Indies but although Umesh Yadav managed to retain his place.

The all-rounderKedar Jadhav expressed surprise and said he did not know why he was not been included in the team and would want to know the reason behind the decision. On that election committee chief, MSK Prasad had responded to the all-rounder.

MSK Prasad said that we did not pick Kedar because of his history of fitness. There have been occasions earlier when he has come back fit and then broke down, a case in point being the Asia Cup last month.

He told that they were thinking that if India A won today, then Kedar would have got another match, which would have given us a fair assessment of his match fitness.

He further said that maybe we could have added him as an additional player in the Indian team before the fourth ODI as the Deodhar final is on Saturday. He concluded saying that the players need to understand that there is a process that they follow while selecting the team.

Indian Team Squad for the final 3 ODIs include Virat Kohli as Captain, Rohit Sharma as Vice-Captain and MS Dhoni as Wicket-Keeper. Other players include Shikhar Dhawan, Ambati Rayudu, Rishabh Pant, Ravindra Jadeja, KL Rahul, and Manish Pandey.

Bowlers Department include Kuldeep Yadav, Yuzvendra Chahal, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Jasprit Bumrah, Khaleel Ahmed and Umesh Yadav.

In the recently concluded Vijay Hazare trophy, Indian cricketer Shubman Gill was the top run-getter for Punjab Team. He scored over 400 runs. In the ongoing Deodhar Trophy, Shubman Gill is playing for India 'C'. Gill smashed 106 not out off 111 deliveries on in the tournament to guide India 'C' to a 6-wicket victory over India 'A'.

Shubham Gill told to India Today that he could have been better though. He had a good Vijay Hazare season where he got three half-centuries and one ton. He twice got out in the 80s and regret not converting them into big scores. He has two fifties and two hundred, that is great for him.

He told that there is a long season ahead after the ongoing Deodhar matches which will be followed by Ranji Trophy, then India 'A' tour and domestic T20s. He is preparing well for it and keeping himself fit. He has to keep performing to knock on the doors of the Indian dressing room.

Recently Rising Star Shubham Gill told that he is ready to play for India following his U-19 captain Prithvi Shaw sensational Test debut into the Indian team. Gill along with Manish Pandey was called to be with Virat Kohli's team during the final Test against the West Indies in Hyderabad. However, the match ended inside three days.

Gill said that he did not get much time to spend in the Indian dressing room. He had a talk with the team management. They advised him to keep batting well and cash-in the opportunity whenever it arrives. His ultimate goal remains to play for the senior team and to sustain there. He told that he wants to win matches and trophies for India.

Shubham Gill said he is deeply influenced by Rahul Dravid. He has been with us for the last two years starting with the Under-19 Asia Cup in Sri Lanka and then India 'A' tours. Dravid understands his batting really well. Dravid keeps on telling him that over a period of time, certain changes come in a batsman's style which is not evident to the player himself and can only be identified by the one who is watching from outside.

Shubham Gill impressed everyone in IPL too. He is scoring over 200 runs in his debut season for Kolkata Knight Riders.

He told Playing IPL was great, they had some really experienced players in KKR including Dinesh Karthik. It was a learning curve as he interacted a lot with all the big names too. He youngster gains a lot of confidence by speaking with experienced players. He personally learns a lot when they share their experience with him. He also tries to understand how a big player thinks and gain a lot of confidence from it.

In the Punjab dressing room, Gill tries to get much feedback from Yuvraj Singh. He also knows that India 'A' tour of New Zealand next month will be a huge opportunity to impress everyone.

Virat Kohli after performing brilliantly with Rohit Sharma in the first One Day International against West Indies at Guwahati out of the five-match ODI series made Team India take lead by 1-0.

On the second One Day International against West Indies at Visakhapatnam, Virat scored the successive century and also broke the record of Master Blaster Sachin Tendulkar by becoming the fastest to 10000 ODI Runs.

Not only this he became the fifth Indian batsmen and 13 overall to score 10000 plus runs in ODI. He joined the elite group of 10k ODI runholder. Here is what the humble Virat Kohli said on his mindblowing achievement.

Virat Kohli told that he feels very grateful and blessed. He never imagined that he would get to this stage one day in one-day internationals career but it had happened and he is very thankful to God and he feels very grateful.

Kohli feels that these things do not matter much but to understand that he has come this far in his career with playing for 10 years is something very special to him because he loves the sport so much and wants to play it more and more. For him, that is the most important thing.

He is just happy that he has been able to play for this long and he hopes to play for many more years to come. He never thought he could achieve this feat or he would get to that stage. He always thought that he just wants to play for India.

Kohli told that if you focus on the process and stay focused on the right things, then these things become irrelevant after a while. His duty is to score runs and having done it for a long time, everything has collected for this moment but the intention should always be to look for what the team needs and get as many runs as possible.

He has been able to push his physical abilities and mental abilities on what the team needs and in that process, more runs have been scored than otherwise. He told that he has just been focused on the situation and he is glad that he has been able to help the team with the bat.

He told that it is a great honor for him to represent India. Even after playing for 10 years, he does not feel that he is entitled to anything. He told you still have to work hard for every run you score at the international level because there are many people who want this very badly.

The first One Day International against West Indies out of the five-match ODI series was held at Guwahati. Virat and Rohit performed brilliantly. Rohit Sharma broke many records and the partnership between Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli was wonderful.


India took the lead by 1-0 as the match was won by India by 8 wickets. India chased the target of 323 runs against West Indies. Rohit Sharma remains unbeaten and scored 152 runs off 117 balls and Virat Kohli made 140 Runs off 107 balls. They together put on 246 runs for India.

The second One Day International against West Indies out of the five-match ODI series was held at Visakhapatnam. India scored 321 runs at a loss of 6 wickets off 50 overs. Virat Kohli scored 157 runs from 129 balls for India.

West Indies responded with 321 runs at a loss of 7 wickets. Shai Hope remained not out and scored 123 runs for Windies. The match ended in a thrilling tie and India still leads the 5-match ODI series 1-0 after the second game.

The match was very special for Virat Kohli as he scored his 37th ODI century. Virat Kohli completed his 10000 ODI runs and entered in the elite group of 10k ODI runs. Before the match, Virat was just 81 runs away of the landmark.

Not only this but he also became the fastest to 10000 ODI runs breaking Sachin Tendulkar’s record. Kohli went past 10000 ODI runs in his 205th while Sachin did it in 259 innings. Following Sachin is Sourav Ganguly who scored 10000 runs in 263 innings.

Virat Kohli became the 5th Indian to score 10000 runs in ODI cricket. He joined the elite club of 10K ODI runs and became 13th overall to score 10000 runs in ODI.

Before Virat Kohli in the Asia Cup, MS Dhoni had also achieved the feat. Apart from them, Indian batsmen Sachin Tendulkar, Sourav Ganguly, and Rahul Dravid also features in the list.

Now the third One Day International against West Indies out of the five-match ODI series will be held at Pune on 27th October 2018.