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IND vs SA: Virat Kohli created history against South Africa, became the sixth and second Indian batsman in the world to do so
IND vs SA: Kohli achieved this feat by scoring the 43rd run of his innings against South Africa at Eden Gardens. Overall, Kohli became the sixth batsman in the world after Ricky Ponting, Sachin Tendulkar, Kumar Sangakkara, Shivnarine Chanderpaul, and David Warner to score more than 3000 in all formats against South Africa. Apart from this, Kohli has scored more than 500 runs in the World Cup for the first time.
India's star batsman Virat Kohli has created history against South Africa. He became the second Indian batsman after Sachin Tendulkar to complete 3000 international runs against South Africa. At the same time, he became the sixth batsman in the world. Kohli is only the second batsman from India to achieve this record.
Kohli achieved this feat by scoring the 43rd run of his innings against South Africa at Eden Gardens. Overall, Kohli became the sixth batsman in the world after Ricky Ponting, Sachin Tendulkar, Kumar Sangakkara, Shivnarine Chanderpaul, and David Warner to score more than 3000 in all formats against South Africa. Apart from this, for the first time, Kohli has achieved the feat of scoring more than 500 runs in the World Cup.
It is noteworthy that after the early wickets of Rohit Sharma and Shubman Gill, Virat Kohli along with Shreyas took over the Indian innings. There was a partnership of 134 runs in 158 balls between Kohli and Shreyas. Kohli, along with Shreyas Iyer, got India out of trouble on the slow pitch of Eden Gardens. Shreyas was out after scoring 77 runs.
