Virat Kohli (C) celebrates then taking a catch in opposition to West Indies© Twitter
Virat Kohli didn’t bat in Republic of India’s five-wicket victory over West Indies within the first ODI duel in Barbados however that didn’t prohibit him from including some other primary accolade to his already illustrious occupation. Kohli pulled off a splendid catch at 2d slip off the bowling of Ravindra Jadeja to disregard Romario Shepherd and it was once his 142nd catch in ODI cricket. He’s lately fix within the fourth spot with Pristine Zealand’s Ross Taylor in relation to cricketers with maximum ODI catches. Sri Lanka legend Mahela Jayawardene tops the listing with 218 pace Australia’s Ricky Ponting is 2d with 160. Kohli shall be taking a look to turn out to be the highest-placed Indian cricketer within the listing by means of surpassing Mohammed Azharuddin who’s 3rd with 156 catches.
Maximum catches in ODI historical past:
1) Jayawardena – 218
2) Ponting – 160
3) Azharuddin – 156
4) Taylor – 142
5) Kohli – 142* pic.twitter.com/GjMZGcXiDJ— Johns. (@CricCrazyJohns) July 28, 2023
Left-arm spinners Kuldeep Yadav and Ravindra Jadeja masterminded the rout of an abject West Indies crew as Republic of India romped to a five-wicket victory with greater than 27 overs to backup within the opening One-Time Global of a three-match order at Kensington Oval in Barbados on Thursday.
Crushed 1-0 within the previous two-Check order, the house crew have been brushed apart for simply 114 off 23 overs then being installed as they seemed totally at sea in looking to cope particularly with permutations presented by means of Yadav’s wrist-spin.
Republic of India have been at all times on the right track for the minute goal due to Ishan Kishan‘s belligerent 52, even though the lack of 3 wickets alike the tip of the chase took one of the gloss off the win.
In what was once obviously a little of an audition for more youthful batting aspirants forward of the Global Cup, champion batsman Virat Kohli didn’t component pace captain Rohit Sharma best seemed on the fall of the 5th wicket.
(With AFP inputs)
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