NEW DELHI: The Indian cricket ace Virat Kohli has erased another big record of the legend Sachin Tendulkar.
Kohli has now become the quickest batsman to touch the 28,000 runs mark in international cricket thus surpassing the record of Tendulkar.
The extraordinary achievement came during the first ODI match of the home series against New Zealand when Kohli made a fantastic contribution of 93 runs.
Kohli accomplished the remarkable feat of 28,000 runs in only 624 international innings, whereas the former record-holder Tendulkar went through 644 innings to attain the same milestone.
In the very same match, India triumphed over New Zealand by 4 wickets. New Zealand chose to bat first and set a difficult target of 301 runs. They scored 300/8 in 50 overs, with Daryl Mitchell as the highest run-scorer, scoring 84 runs.
India completed the chase in 49 overs with fifties from both Kohli and Shubman Gill. Thus, the Indians took a 1, 0 lead in the 3, match series.
Sri Lanka outplays Pakistan in thrilling final T20, series levelled
Earlier, in a thrilling finale to the series, Sri Lanka won the last T20 match against Pakistan by 14 runs and thus the series ended in a draw of 1-1. This match was interrupted by rain and thus curtailed to 12 overs for each side.
Pakistan flipped the coin and opted to field first. Sri Lanka, in their turn, gave a target of 160/6 in their 12 overs. The captain, Dasun Shanaka, was the highest scorer with 34 runs, and Kushal Mendis also supported him with 30 runs. Jannath Liyange and Dhananjaya de Silva each contributed 22 runs.
Wasim Junior was the wicket-taker among Pakistan’s bowlers, getting 3 wickets. The other bowlers, Mohammad Nawaz, Faheem Ashraf and Naseem Shah, wound up with one wicket apiece.
With a target of 160 runs, the Pakistani team reached only 146 runs for 8 wickets, completing the innings in 12 overs, and ultimately lost the match by 14 runs. Salman Agha was the top run-scorer for Pakistan with his 45 runs, while Mohammad Nawaz and Khwaja Nafi were the next two highest scorers with 28 and 26 runs, respectively.
Wanindu Hasaranga of Sri Lanka was the ace bowler taking 4 wickets and substantially contributing to his team’s success.
Sri Lanka won this match and thus the series stood at 1-1, having lost the first match to Pakistan. The second match was called off because of rain.
