India vs Windies 2018: Rohit Sharma, Virat Kohli Break Plethora of Records

India’s captain Virat Kohli and deputy Rohit Sharma were on song in the first ODI against Windies. Rohit scored an unbeaten 152 off just 117 balls whereas Virat Kohli amassed a fine 140 off just 107 balls to take India over the line. Kohli raced to his 36th ODI hundred whereas Rohit scored his 20th ODI century. Both of the batsmen batted at the top of their game and brought their best to the table.

In fact, both Kohli and Rohit occupies the number one and two position respectively in the ICC ODI batsmen rankings. Thus, they both played like the best batsmen in the world. Both of them gave no chance to the Windies bowlers and batted with utmost ease.

Here is the look at the records which were broken by Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli.

5- Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma were able to put a huge partnership of 246 runs. This was the fifth time when the pair had scored an alliance of 200 runs or more. Therefore, they have the most number of double century partnership in ODIs. Kohli-Gautam Gambhir, Sachin Tendulkar-Sourav Ganguly, and Sri Lanka’s Mahela Jayawardene-Kumar Sangakkara have three double century stands.

246 – The mammoth partnership between Rohit and Virat is the highest for India while chasing a target. The previous best was between Kohli and Gambhir. The Delhi boys had put 224 against Sri Lanka in 2009.

15 – Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma have gathered 15-century stands in 50-overs format. They are the only active dual to have achieved the landmark. The other duos are Sachin-Sourav (26 century stands in 176 innings), Dilshan-Sangakkara (20 in 108), Gilchrist-Hayden (16 in 117), Greenidge-Haynes (15 in 103), and Jayawardene-Sangakkara (15 in 151).

65.5: India’s captain and vice-captain have an average of 65.5 which is the best for a duo who have stitched together 15-century associations. Dilshan and Sangakkara are next best with 53.7.

3931 – The amalgamation of Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma have amassed 3931 runs, which is the seventh highest for Indian pairs. Sachin Tendulkar and Sourav Ganguly with 8227 runs hold the world record.

84.1 – Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma averages a stunning 84.1 in the 37 matches won by India. However, the same average dips to 42.6 when India lost in 25 matches. Thus, both of the right-handers have been instrumental in India’s success.