Second ODI: India-West Indies Match Tie, Need 5 Runs Off The Last Ball, Hope Hit Four

Second ODI: India-West Indies Match Tie, Need 5 Runs Off The Last Ball, Hope Hit Four

• India scored 321 runs in the first 50 overs, the West Indies scored same runs in 7 wickets in 50 overs.
• Earlier, the match between both the team was the tie which was played in Perth in Australia in 1991.
• India’s match with Afghanistan was also tie in the Asia Cup last month.
• Kohli scored the 37th century of his career, he completed 10 thousand runs in ODIs.
• The third match of the series will take place in Pune on October 27.

#Visakhapatnam: The second match of the series between India and the West Indies was the tie. India first did batting and scored 321 runs. Captain #Virat Kohli scored 157 runs. In reply, West Indies could score 321 for 7 wickets. The last ball was to score 5 runs to win, but #Shai Hope (123 runs), who scored a century in the innings, could only manage four. Earlier, in the Asia Cup, India and Afghanistan match was also tie.

Captain Virat Kohli scored 157 runs. This is his 37th century of career. Kohli also completed 10 thousand runs in ODI career. He is the fifth batsman of India and 13th batsman of the world to do so. Prior to Kohli, Indian Sachin Tendulkar, Sourav Ganguly, Rahul Dravid, and Mahendra Singh Dhoni have crossed the 10 thousand mark. In addition to Kohli, #Ambati Rayudu scored 73 in this match.

Kohli highest century scorer batsman against Windies: Kohli made his sixth and third consecutive century against the West Indies. He scored 140 in the Guwahati ODI and 111 runs in Kingston last year. He became the highest century scorer player against the West Indies. South Africa’s Herschelle Gibbs, Hashim Amla, AB de Villiers have scored 5-5 centuries against the West Indies. At the same time, Sachin Tendulkar, South Africa’s Jacques Kallis, and Pakistan’s Babar Azam have 4-4 centuries.

Kohli’s third century in Visakhapatnam: Kohli scored his third century in five innings in Visakhapatnam. He had earlier scored centuries against West Indies in 2011 and against Australia in 201o. Kohli has scored four centuries in 13 innings in Mirpur of Bangladesh, three centuries in eight innings in Sri Lanka’s Colombo.

Virat Kohli’s highest century in batting at number three: In batting at number three in ODIs, Kohli is on the first position for most centuries. He has scored a total of 30 centuries. Apart from Kohli, former Australia captain Ricky Pottings has done 29 and former Sri Lankan captain Kumar Sangakkara has done it 18 times.

Rohit-Dhawan’s batting didn’t work: India did not start well. When the team’s score was 15 runs on the first ball of the fourth over, Hetmyer caught Rohit Sharma. In the ninth over, Shikhar Dhawan scored 29 runs and was LBW on Ashley Nurse’s ball. Then the team’s score was only 40 runs.

Kohli-Rayudu’s century partnership: After the two openers were dismissed, Virat Kohli handled the innings with Ambati Rayudu. Both shared a 139-run partnership for the third wicket. Rayudu scored 73 runs and was bowled over the nurse’s ball. During this time, Kohli made the 47th-highest run scorer against the West Indies. He left behind Sachin Tendulkar’s 1573 runs.

West Indies first three wickets fall at regular intervals: Opener Kieran Powell and Chandrapaul Hemraj shared 36 runs for the first wicket. Powell became the victim of Shami by making 18 runs. After him, the West Indies suffered a second blow to the score of 64, when Chandrapaul Hemraj got 32 off the last ball and was bowled on Kuldeep’s ball. Marlon Samuels, who came after them, could not wait much longer. Kuldeep bowled him on his personal score of 13. Then the West Indies score was 78 runs.

Hetmyer-Hope’s century Partnership: After three wickets fell, Hetmyer and ink hop handled the innings. Together, they shared 143 runs for the fourth wicket. Hetmyer put four boundaries and seven sixes in the 64-ball innings.