7 milestones breached by Virat Kohli in the second ODI against Windies

Virat Kohli continued his rich vein of form as he smashed yet another century in the second ODI of the Paytm trophy against West Indies. He entered into the match requiring 81 runs to become the fastest to score 10,000 international runs. The skipper etched his name in the record books, continuing his love affair with Visakhapatnam.

Kohli top scored with a mammoth 157*, in a knock comprising of 13 fours and 4 sixes, as he steered his team to a gigantic 321/6. Initially playing the anchor's role, Virat accelerated post his hundred, hitting some maximums in the process. He remained unbeaten and ensured that India finished with a healthy score. In the process, he became the fastest to 10,000 runs in ODI cricket, doing so in only 205 innings

Apart from this, he created several other world records in a classic Kohliesque knock. Let's have a look at them:

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#7 Fastest to 4,000 ODI Runs in India

Kohli became the fastest batsman to 4,000 ODI runs in Indian soil en route his 37th century in the format. The Indian skipper became just the fourth player to eclipse the landmark on Indian soil, the other three being Sachin Tendulkar, MS Dhoni and AB de Villiers. Virat eclipsed his Royal Challengers Bangalore team-mate AB de Villiers to become the fastest to the landmark, achieving it in just 78 innings.

While de Villiers had reached the milestone in 91 innings, Sachin Tendulkar and MS Dhoni achieved the feat in 92 and 100 innings respectively. Thus, Virat has surpassed the other legends in this club by a big margin.

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#6 Most centuries at No.3 in ODIs

Yet another game, yet another hundred. Scoring centuries has now become a habit for the Indian skipper, as he scored his 37th ODI hundred in this game. However, this hundred was definitely special than the others, as he created another record with this knock.

The Run Machine outdid former Australian legend and skipper Ricky Ponting as the batsman with most hundreds at the No. 3 position, a slot which he has made his own with consistent outings. Out of the 37 hundred scored by Virat Kohli so far, he has recorded 30 of them playing at No.3, as against 29 of Ricky Ponting.

#5 Most centuries against Windies

Virat Kohli recorded yet another century in the 50-over format, notching two hundreds in as many games. This was his 6th hundred against the Caribbean team, and in the process, he recorded the most tons against the team in the format.

Kohli surpassed Hashim Amla, who had previously scored 5 hundreds against the Windies, from 2010-2016. The Indian talisman has scored 6 centuries and 9 half centuries in his 29 encounters against the two time World Champions.

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#4 Most runs against Windies for an Indian batsman

Virat leapfrogged Sachin Tendulkar as the Indian batsman with the highest runs against Windies in ODIs. Having entered into the series being second on the list, his heroics with the willow in the opening two games enabled Kohli to surpass the batting great.

In the 29 games that Virat has played against Windies, he has scored 1684 runs at an amazingly high average of 70.16. He has 6 hundreds along with 9 fifties to his name, with the highest score of 157* in this game.

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#3 Second highest individual score by an Indian against Windies

Virat Kohli's 157* became the second highest individual score against the Windies in the 50-over format, which is second only to the thunderous 219 scored by Virender Sehwag against the same opposition in 2011.

Kohli outdid his teammate and deputy Rohit Sharma, who has scored 152* in the previous game against the Windies in Guwahati. Sachin Tendulkar is fourth on the list with his 141* against Windies in Kuala Lumpur in 2006. Virat features once again in the top 5, with his 140 run effort in the previous game taking the fifth spot.

#2 Fastest to 1000 ODI Runs in a calender year

Virat Kohli created yet another record by his batting masterclass at Visakhapatnam. He breached the 1,000 run mark in the calendar year, and in the process became the fastest to do it. He broke the record which was jointly held by him along with Hashim Amla, with both the elegant batsmen having previously done it in 15 innings.

Kohli, playing his 11th ODI of 2018, also became the highest run scorer of the year crossing the aggregate of England's Jonny Bairstow. In the 11 games that he has played, he has scored 1046 runs, at a whopping average of 149.42, with 5 hundreds and 3 fifties, along with a highest score of 160* against South Africa.

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#1 Fastest to 10,000 international runs

The Indian skipper had been knocking at the door of 10,000 international runs for quite some. He finally entered the elite club in this game by virtue of his batting masterclass.

Kohli required 81 runs in this game to breach the 5-figure mark, and in the course of his innings, smashed the record of Sachin Tendulkar. Tendulkar had previously scored 10K runs in 259 innings, whereas Kohli has surpassed him, having done it in just 205 innings, with a hair-raising margin of 45 innings.

In the process, Kohli became the 4th highest run scorer for India, ahead of erstwhile skipper MS Dhoni.