Virat Kohli Continues Swashbuckling Form, Chase Master Spearheads Against New Zealand With 85th International Hundred In Indore

Virat Kohli has fought a lone battle against New Zealand and has brought his 54th hundred in the 3rd ODI match in Indore on Sunday. Kohli has held the fort after India had another batting collapse in the ODI series decider.

Virat Kohli Led India With Majestic Hundred

Virat missed a century in the 1st match at Vadodara by just 7 runs, but he has looked determined in this innings so far. He has now scored three centuries in his last 6 ODI matches and has once again proved why he is called the modern-day chase master in ODI cricket.

Apart from Nitish Kumar Reddy, the entire batting lineup failed to respond when it mattered the most. Rohit Sharma and Shubman Gill went back early, while the likes of Shubman Gill and Ravindra Jadeja also didn't last long at the crease.

Virat calculated his innings beautifully and struck a 88 run partnership with Nitish, followed by a 99-run stand with Harshit Rana, with the latter hitting his maiden ODI 50 in Indore. Harshit smashed 4 sixes and 4 fours as he accelerated India's innings.

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Daryl Mitchell Scripted History Against India

Batting first, New Zealand piled up a huge 337 runs riding on Daryl Mitchell's sensational third consecutive century. New Zealand’s Daryl Mitchell is the first batter in the world to record five successive fifty-plus scores in One-Day Internationals against India.

Mitchell has a fine run against India and has always been at his best against the 'Men in Blue', with 741 runs in 13 matches and 11 innings at an average of 74.10 and a strike rate of over 93, with four centuries and two fifties and a best score of 137.
 

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(With ANI Inputs)