-Vinay Kumar
Indian cricket team legend Virat Kohli hit a half-century in the first ODI against South Africa (India vs South Africa 1st ODI). Virat scored 51 runs in 63 balls. In this excellent half-century innings, he broke the record of master blaster Sachin Tendulkar.
With this 51 runs, Kohli became the highest run-scorer abroad while playing for Team India. He not only broke the record of Sachin Tendulkar but also overtook former Australian captain Ricky Ponting and former India captain Sourav Ganguly.
The history of international one-day cricket tells that master blaster Sachin Tendulkar scored a total of 5065 runs in ODI cricket in his career in foreign grounds. In the first match of this latest series against South Africa, when former India captain and batsman Virat Kohli came to bat, he was only 9 runs away from that example of Sachin Tendulkar, and as soon as he scored 9 runs, he became a master blaster. Blasting the record of his name.
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Records show that in his international career, Sachin Tendulkar scored 5065 runs in a total of 147 matches played in foreign grounds. Whereas in the first ODI match played on Wednesday, January 19 at the Paarl ground of the latest series against South Africa, former India captain Virat Kohli crossed this figure in just 108 matches and became number one. .
The history of international cricket also shows that Kohli has overtaken former Indian team captain Sourav Ganguly in the matter of scoring the most runs against South Africa. Sourav Ganguly scored 1313 runs against South Africa in his international ODI career, while Virat set his example ahead of that milestone and now he has 1338 ODI runs to his name against South Africa.
Virat Kohli also beat Ricky Ponting
Ricky Ponting, the great batsman and captain of Australia, has a record of scoring 5090 runs at an average of 45.04 on foreign grounds. India’s great Virat Kohli drew a big line in front of that line. Now 5108 runs have been registered in his name at an average of 58.04. Now Virat has become the second highest run-scorer in the world after Sri Lankan batsman Kumar Sangakkara, who scored 5518 runs in ODI format at an average of 43.10 in overseas grounds.
The first match of the three-match ODI series between India and South Africa (India vs South Africa ODI Series, 2022) was played at the Boland Park Stadium in Paarl. Now the second match of this fresh series will also be played on this ground on Friday, January 21. And, the final match of this tour will be played next Sunday, 23 January in Cape Town (Cape Town IND vs SA 3rd ODI Match, 2022).