Top 5 ODI knocks by Indian batsmen at Visakhapatnam

#3 Virat Kohli (117 off 123 balls vs West Indies, 2011)

Kohli stitched a 163-run partnership with Rohit Sharma to steer India to victory

A swashbuckling knock from Ravi Rampaul at No.10 powered West Indies to a healthy 269 after the team had crumbled to 149-8. India suffered two early blows in the form of Parthiv Patel and Virender Sehwag. Virat Kohli, who came in at No.4, applied himself beautifully in the middle, combining with then middle-order batsman Rohit Sharma to steer India’s chase.

Kohli, making full use of West Indies’ poor fielding efforts, stitched a 163-run partnership with Rohit Sharma (who scored an unbeaten 90) to get India back on track. Captain Darren Sammy was liberal with the field setting, spreading his players across the ground instead of applying pressure. Kohli extracted most of his runs square of the wicket, keeping the run-rate under check along with Rohit. In the end, the chase turned out to be an easy one.