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| INDvsWI: Team India announcement for the last three ODIs, return of two star players |
The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) has announced Team India for the last three one-dayers against the West Indies on Friday.
Team India's two-star fast bowler Jaspreet Bumrah and Bhuvneshwar Kumar have returned. The Indian Senior Selection Committee headed by MSK Prasad announced on Thursday the team selection.
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The first match of the one-day series between India and the West Indies was made by the hosts, with 8 wickets, while the second match to give breath was a tie. Now the third match of the series will be played in Pune on October 27 (Saturday).
The team is as follows
- Virat Kohli (captain),
- Rohit Sharma (vice-captain),
- Shikhar Dhawan,
- Lokesh Rahul,
- Ambati Rayudu,
- Manish Pandey,
- Mahendra Singh Dhoni,
- Rishabh Pant,
- Ravindra Jadeja,
- Yuswendra Chahal,
- Kuldeep Yadav,
- Mohammed Shami,
- Khalil Ahmed,
- Bhubaneswar Kumar ,
- Jaspreet Bumrah
Announcement: #TeamIndia for last three ODIs against Windies announced. Jasprit Bumrah & Bhuvneshwar Kumar are back in the side #INDvWI pic.twitter.com/jzuJw4Sana— BCCI (@BCCI) October 25, 2018
Virat Kohli in the year 2018 - Number of Indian skippers show superhuman side.
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| INDvsWI: Team India announcement for the last three ODIs, return of two star players |
After making 1,460 runs in 2017 in 2017 with 76 ODIs in 2017, India captain Virat Kohli has done a better performance this year. In just 11 ODIs, he has scored 1,046 runs at an average of 14 9.42 - the fastest 1000 runs in the calendar year,
In fact, he killed five centuries and three half-centuries this year. This is their scoring spree that last time he had scored in single digits in September 2017 when he was out for a duck against Australia in Chennai.
This year, his lowest score is 36 - against South Africa in Port Elizabeth in February.
Kohli is now the highest run-scorer in ODIs in 2018 and the next best batsman - Run-wise - is England's Johnny Bairstow, which has 1,025 runs in 22 matches at an average of 46.59.
While Barstow has four centuries for his credit, he has also played
Interestingly, the average batting average of players with a minimum of 1000 runs in the calendar year in ODIs in Kohli is also the best.
While AB deVilliers, a teammate of Royal Challengers Bangalore, had recorded 1,193 runs in 20 games in 2015, while Kohli was an average of 146.57 this year.
Actually, Kohli's stability has been that he has broken the habit of great Sachin Tendulkar's record. He is the only player in the history of the World Cup.
Kohli reached the milestone after reaching 81 in his innings and thus got the fastest run in 10,000 ODI runs in innings.
Kohli has played 205 innings as compared to Tendulkar's 259. Former India captain Sourav Ganguly has now been placed in the third position, he has played 263 innings in the milestone.
Kohli became the fourth Indian and 13th batsman to achieve this feat. The Indian captain also holds the record for being the fastest to reach the 8000 and 9 000 ODI runs.
During his innings in the second ODI, Kohli became the fastest Indian to score 4000 runs on home soil. Kohli left behind Sachin Tendulkar as he reached home in the 78th innings, while Tendulkar scored the milestone 92 runs.
Apart from Kohli and Tendulkar, Mahendra Singh Dhoni is another Indian who has scored more than 4000 runs on domestic soil. They played 99 innings to win.
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