India skipper Virat Kohli, who can be famend because the ‘run-machine’, led his aspect from the entrance within the second ODI towards England in Pune on Friday. The right-handed batsman arrived within the center when the hosts have been reeling at 9/1 in 3.5 overs, after being invited to bat first by Jos Buttler.
Leading the rescue act for India, skipper Kohli went on to rating 66 from 79 balls and stitched a vital partnership with wicketkeeper-batsman KL Rahul. The pair added 121 runs for the third wicket as hosts as soon as once more gained a formidable place within the contest.
During the course of his innings, Kohli went on to contact the ten,000 ODI runs milestone batting on the quantity three place. He now stands second within the listing, which is led by former Australia skipper Ricky Ponting.
Ponting sits atop the listing of runs at quantity 3 in ODIs, having amassed 12,662 runs from 330 innings. The Indian skipper crossed the ten,000-mark enjoying simply his a hundred and ninetieth innings. The third batsman on the listing is former Sri Lanka batsman Kumar Sangakkara, who scored 9,747 runs from 238 innings, adopted by South Africa`s Jacques Kallis (7,774).
Meanwhile, he additionally surpassed Graeme Smith to develop into the fifth-highest run-scorer as a captain within the 50-over format. The former South Africa skipper, who’s now the director of his nation’s cricket board, has amassed 5,416 runs in ODIs throughout his stint as captain.
Kohli achieved the feat in his 94th ODI look as captain, whereas Smith did it in 150 matches.
