India Vs West Indies: Indian cricket team’s star batsman Virat Kohli The return to ODI cricket has come with a unique historic achievement. Kohli broke former Indian captain Mohammad Azharuddin’s 28-year-old record as he took the field in the first match of the three-match ODI series against West Indies at the Greenfield International Stadium in Thiruvananthapuram. Along with this, he has become the player who has played the most ODI matches for India against West Indies.
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Azharuddin won the top spot
This match being played on September 27 is the 44th ODI match of Virat Kohli’s career against West Indies. Earlier, the record for most ODI appearances by India against the Caribbean team was held by Mohammad Azharuddin, who played 43 matches.
Most ODI appearances for India against West Indies:
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Virat Kohli: 44 matches
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Mohammad Azharuddin: 43 matches
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Kapil Dev: 42 matches
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Rahul Dravid: 40 matches
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MS Dhoni: 39 matches
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Sachin Tendulkar: 39 matches
A look at Shivnarayan Chanderpaul’s highest record
The all-time record for most matches played in bilateral ODIs between India and West Indies is held by West Indies legend Shivnarine Chanderpaul, who played 46 ODIs against India between 1994 and 2009. If Kohli plays all the matches in this current three-match series, he will equal Chanderpaul’s record of 46 matches.
The joint record for playing most ODIs against the West Indies at the global level is held by Pakistan’s Javed Miandad and Wasim Akram, who played 64-64 ODIs against the Caribbean team.
15,000 runs and a chance to become the 10th century record
In this match Kohli has a golden opportunity to achieve two historic feats not only by fielding or presence but also with the bat. Virat Kohli has 14,941 runs in 314 ODI matches. He is just 59 runs away from completing 15 thousand ODI runs. By scoring 59 runs, he will become only the second batsman in the history of cricket after Sachin Tendulkar to achieve this feat. If he scores a century in the match, he will become the first batsman in the world to score 10 centuries against a single opposition team in the history of ODI cricket.