India’s legendary batsman Virat Kohli broke former Sri Lankan captain Kumar Sangakkara’s record and won another honor in international cricket with a brilliant batting performance in the first match of the series against New Zealand.
In the first match of the series played in Vidodara, New Zealand batted first and posted 301 runs to win the Indian opener and opener Rohit Sharma was dismissed for 26 runs, but Shibman Gill and Virat Kohli decided to give the team victory thanks to half-centuries.
India beat New Zealand easily by 4 wickets and Virat Kohli was named Man of the Match.
Virat Kohli scored 93 runs off 91 balls, which included 8 fours and a six, but in the process, he surpassed former Sri Lanka captain Sangakkara to become the highest scorer in international cricket.
Before the match against New Zealand, Kohli was the third highest scorer in international cricket with 27,975 runs, but was second after scoring 93 runs.
The highest scorer in international cricket is Sachin Tendulkar who scored a total of 34 thousand 357 runs in Test, ODI and T20 cricket, and now the second number is Virat Kohli whose number of runs has reached 28 thousand and 68.
Sangakkara is third with 28 thousand 16 runs, former Australian captain Ricky Ponting with 27 thousand 483 and Sri Lanka’s Mahila Jayawardene with 25 thousand 957 runs are fourth and fifth.
Virat Kohli’s man-of-the-match tally has reached 45 in ODI cricket career, followed by Sri Lanka’s Santh Jayasuriya with 48 and Sachin Tendulkar with 62.
