ICC World Cup 2019: Virat Kohli Equals Mohammad Azharuddin's Record

Indian captain Virat Kohli has equalled the record of former skipper Mohammad Azharuddin. Kohli scored his third consecutive fifty of the World Cup as captain in the ongoing match against Afghanistan. On the other hand, Mohammad Azharuddin had also scored three fifties in the World Cup in 1992. Azharuddin had scored 61, 55 and 77 against West Indies, New Zealand and South  Africa respectively.

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In fact, the 1992 World Cup was Azharuddin’s maiden World Cup as captain. He also went on to lead India in the 1996 and 1999 World Cup. On the other hand, Virat Kohli scored a fine knock of 82 runs against Australia. Kohli also scored a good inning of 77 runs against arch-rivals Pakistan. In fact, Kohli is generally expected to get a big score if he gets past the 50-run mark.

Furthermore, Kohli scored 67 in the ongoing match against Afghanistan. Kohli was looking good for a big score before Mohammad Nabi got one to jump off from the length. Thus, the right-hander could not keep his shot to the ground and gave a simple catch to short third man.

Meanwhile, India was restricted to 224 runs by an impressive bowling performance from Afghanistan after Virat Kohli won the toss and decided to bat first. Kedar Jadhav also played a good knock of 52 runs.

However, KL Rahul, Vijay Shankar and MS Dhoni got off to starts but could convert them into substantial scores. Gulbadin Naib and Mohammad Nabi scalped two wickets each. Moreover, Mujeeb Ur Rahman, Atab Alam, Rashid Khan, Rahmat Shah were able to snare one wicket apiece.

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Hence, India would need to come up with a good display in their bowling to restrict Afghanistan. Mohammed Shami has taken the wicket of Hazratuallah Zazai when he was able to clean bowled him. However, India needs more wickets to stop Afghanistan.