Virat Kohli becomes second Indian batsmen to cross 10,000 international runs at home

Indian Captain Virat Kohli on Tuesday became the second Indian player after “Little Master” Sachin Tendulkar to reach 10,000 international runs at home. He achieved the feat when he tapped Tom Curran for a single during the opening ODI against England in Pune. 

Kohli looked in complete command of proceedings during his brilliant half-century and just when he was trying to break the shackles and score freely, he was holed out in the deep. Kohli who hasn’t been in the best of forms off late made a roaring comeback in the T20I series where he scored three consecutive half-centuries and played an instrumental role in India winning two of them. 

He carried on from where he left in the T20I series and notched up yet another half-century. Following the loss of Rohit Sharma, Kohli joined Shikhar Dhawan in the middle and the duo took India to a comfortable position. Kohli mentioned in the post-match presentation that he went up to Dhawan and said that he will look to take on the bowlers from overs 31-40 so that they can take the score beyond 340-350. 

However, that wasn’t to be as Kohli was dismissed against the run of play and three quick wickets in the form of Shreyas Iyer, Dhawan and Hardik Pandya meant that Krunal Pandya and KL Rahu had to rebuild in the last few overs. Both came out all guns blazing and took India’s score to 317. Despite a sensational opening partnership of 135 runs between Jason Roy and Jonny Bairstow, England middle order was blown away by the Indian bowlers as the home team registered a 66 runs victory.