Kohli surpasses Tendulkar to record most ODI tons in chases
Indian captain Virat Kohli on Thursday scored his 18th ODI hundred in run chases, the most by any batsman in ODI history. Kohli achieved the feat in 102 innings during the fifth ODI against Windies, overtaking Sachin Tendulkar who had 17 tons in 232 innings batting second. Overall, it was Kohli's 28th ODI ton, the joint third-most in 50-over cricket.
Virat Kohli surpassed Sachin Tendulkar's record for most hundreds in chases during the fifth and final One-Day International against West Indies in Jamaica. While The Little Master took 232 innings to score 17 hundreds, he has taken just 102 innings to score 18 ODI tons while batting second.Sri Lanka's Tillakaratne Dilshan and West Indies' Chris Gayle are joint third with 11 tons each while Pakistan's Saeed Anwar and Lanka's Sanath Jayasuriya have 10 centuries each while chasing.Most 100s in chases in ODIs:18 VIRAT KOHLI (in 102 inns)17 S Tendulkar (in 232)11 T Dilshan/ C Gayle10 Saeed Anwar/ S Jayasuriya#WIvINDThis was also his 28th ODI hundred and he now equalled Sanath Jayasuriya's record of 28 tons in ODIs and will be joint third with the Sri Lankan in the list of most ODI centuries. Only Sachin Tendulkar (49) and Ricky Ponting (30) have more centuries than him the 50-over format.Tendulkar has 18,426 runs from 463 ODIs while the Indian captain has amassed 8257 runs so far from 189 matches.Kohli, who had a quiet series to his standards before this match, came out with intent and was positive right from the word go.Chasing 206 to win the fifth and final ODI, India lost Shikhar Dhawan in the first over for 4 with the score on 5. He steadied the ship with in-form Ajinkya Rahane and struck a 79-run partnership with the Mumbaikar, before the opener fell for 39 in the 19th over.Kohli continued his seamless batting and reached his fifty off 67 balls with a beautifully timed boundary of the bowling off Ashely Nurse in the 22nd over. The 28-year-old then made sure that the batting doesn't falter like before and held one end and allowed Dinesh Karthik to settle in before accelerating.