Virat Kohli Breaks Another Sachin Tendulkar Record In 2nd ODI Vs England

Kohli shatters Tendulkar's feat vs England [Source: AFP]

Virat Kohli had a rare failure in the first ODI against England in Birmingham, but as they say, you cannot keep a great player down for too long, and Kohli proved the statement right as he roared back amongst the run-getters in the second ODI on Thursday.

On a Sophia Gardens wicket in Cardiff that was slow in nature, the Indian batters generally struggled to play their strokes, but Kohli came out to bat with a positive frame of mind as he took on the English bowling attack.

He struck a couple of glorious boundaries and quickly raced away to his fifty as he bailed India out of a tricky situation, and in the process, surpassed his idol, Sachin Tendulkar, in a huge milestone.

Kohli surpasses Tendulkar to become the greatest Indian batter vs England

This was Kohli’s 33rd fifty-plus score against England across all formats, and he surpassed Sachin Tendulkar, who, alongside Kohli, had 32 fifty-plus scores to his name before the IND Vs ENG 2nd ODI.

Most 50+ Scores for India vs England Across Formats

33 – Virat Kohli*

32 – Sachin Tendulkar

26 – Rahul Dravid

24 – MS Dhoni

23 – Sunil Gavaskar

Kohli now tops the charts with 33 such scores, followed by Tendulkar and Rahul Dravid, who had registered 26 fifty-plus scores across formats vs England.

MS Dhoni sits in fourth place, followed by the legendary Sunil Gavaskar in fifth place.

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Other records attained by Kohli in IND Vs ENG 2nd ODI

Most Runs for India vs England in ODIs

1546 – MS Dhoni

1523 – Yuvraj Singh

1458 – Virat Kohli*

1455 – Sachin Tendulkar

1207 – Suresh Raina

Most 50+ Scores vs England Across formats

38 – Allan Border (Australia)

37 – Viv Richards (West Indies)

35 – Steve Smith (Australia)

33 – Mahela Jayawardene (Sri Lanka), Virat Kohli (India)*

32 – Sachin Tendulkar (India)

Most Runs in Away Games in ODIs (Excluding Neutral games)

5528 – Virat Kohli (India)*

5518 – Kumar Sangakkara (ICC/Sri Lanka)

5090 – Ricky Ponting (Australia)

5065 – Sachin Tendulkar (India)

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Most 50+ Scores in England by Visiting Batters Across Formats

26 – Viv Richards (West Indies), Steve Smith (Australia)

23 – Rahul Dravid (India)

22 – Allan Border (Australia), Virat Kohli (India)*

20 – David Warner (Australia)

Virat Kohli misses out on deserving century in IND Vs ENG 2nd ODI

The wicket was not the easiest to bat on, but after the early hiccups, Kohli made sure there were no more wickets as he mixed caution with aggression, and breached several records as he scored a brilliant fifty in the IND Vs ENG 2nd ODI.

He stitched a crucial partnership alongside Shreyas Iyer, but just when it looked like the Indian legend would score a century, Jofra Archer struck.

The England bowler dismissed the veteran batter as he miscued a shot and was dismissed for a well-compiled 65 off 66 balls, laced with 8 fours.

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