Historic ODI Records in Sight
Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma eye historic milestones ahead of West Indies series
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Ahead of India’s three-match ODI series against the West Indies, Virat Kohli is 59 runs short of 15,000 ODI runs, a mark reached by only Sachin Tendulkar, and could become the fastest to reach it. Kohli also has several other records in reach, including becoming the highest run-scorer in ODIs at home and India’s leading international run-scorer against the West Indies. Rohit Sharma needs 105 runs to reach 12,000 ODI runs, which would make him the third Indian to achieve the milestone, and is also closing in on multiple records involving runs and sixes against the West Indies. For the visiting side, fast bowler Alzarri Joseph is nine wickets away from 150 ODI wickets.
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Virat Kohli has 12 international centuries against the West Indies and could equal Sunil Gavaskar’s record of 13 with one century in the series; Gavaskar scored all 13 in Tests.
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Rohit Sharma is 135 runs short of 10,000 ODI runs as an opener. Another century would also make him the first player to score an ODI hundred in India at age 39 and the oldest to score one against the West Indies.
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Against the West Indies, Rohit needs 185 runs to become the highest-scoring ODI opener, six sixes to set the record for most ODI sixes, and 12 sixes to become the first player to hit 100 international sixes against the side.
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