Virat Kohli passes 15,000 ODI runs as India beat West Indies | Cricket

Kohli remained not out on 139 off 88 balls because the hosts romped to an eight-wicket win of their first ODI of the collection.

Virat Kohli has develop into solely the second batter after Sachin Tendulkar to achieve 15,000 runs in males’s one-day transnational (ODI) cricket, reaching the milestone with an unbeaten century as India cruised to an eight-wicket victory over West Indies.

Kohli struck 139 not out from 88 balls and Shubman Gill made 110 as India chased down 296 with 50 balls to spare to take a 1-0 lead within the three-match ODI collection on Sunday.

The milestone comes simply days after Kohli introduced that he would retire from nationwide responsibility after subsequent 12 months’s 50-over World Cup. The main century-maker in ODIs has already retired from T20 internationals and Test cricket ⁠⁠and now solely represents India within the 50-over format.

Rohit Sharma and Gill launched the chase with a 74-run opening stand earlier than Sharma was dismissed within the twelfth over. Gill, the global community’s top-ranked ODI batter, then took management, sustaining the aggressive strategy and mentioning his tenth ODI century with a sweep.

Kohli got here in at quantity three and notched his 86th transnational century, whereas Gill struck 110 from 108 deliveries because the pair placed on a dominant 151-run stand off 132 balls that each one however sealed the competition on Sunday.

Roston Chase finally eliminated Gill, however Ruturaj Gaikwad made 13 off 19 balls and helped Kohli steer India house with out additional alarm. Kohli sealed victory with successive boundaries.

Put in to bat, Justin Greaves and John Campbell gave West Indies a robust begin, including 135 from 117 balls for the opening wicket.

India struggled to discover a breakthrough for a lot of the primary 20 overs because the pair dominated the bowling and offered a strong platform.

Greaves, who was dropped by Sharma on 16, made India pay with a maiden ODI century and top-scored for the guests.

The momentum shifted when Kuldeep Yadav dismissed Campbell within the twentieth over, beating him within the air as he swept a catch to brief effective leg. Yadav and Prasidh Krishna then utilized the brakes as West Indies misplaced 4 wickets for 22 runs between the thirty first and thirty sixth overs.

Yadav completed with 4-40 on his ODI return however Amir Jangoo counter-attacked with 58 off 43 balls. With assist from Chase, he helped West Indies get well from 198-5 and put up 295.