After getting dismissed for back-to-back ducks for the first time in his career, Virat Kohli was back among the runs in the third and final ODI between India and Australia in Sydney on Saturday. After ‘celebrating’ a single at the start of his innings, Kohli converted a positive start into a half-century, much to the delight of the Indian-majority crowd at the Sydney Cricket Ground and millions of fans around the world.
And in the process, Kohli ended surpassing not one but two milestones. Soon as he brought up his 75th ODI half-century with a single off Cooper Connolly in the 28th over, taking 56 deliveries along the way, he went past the legendary batter to become the batter with most fifty-plus scores in ODI chases.