Virat Kohli Half Century Record IND vs WI 2nd Test: Virat Kohli, while batting brilliantly for India, scored a half-century in the second Test against the West Indies. It was very special for Kohli. He is playing the 500th international match of his career. He has made a special achievement by scoring a half-century in this. The second match of the Test series between India and West Indies is being played in Trinidad. In this match, till the time of writing the news, India had scored 248 runs in 70 overs with the loss of 4 wickets.
Kohli did that feat in his 500th international match, which veteran players like Ricky Ponting and Mahendra Singh Dhoni could not do. Kohli has become the first player in the world to score a half-century in the 500th match. He has left behind many players including Dhoni-Ponting in terms of scoring the most runs in the 500th match. Before Kohli, this record was recorded in the name of Kumar Sangakkara. Sangakkara scored 48 runs in his 500th match. While Dhoni scored 32 not out. It was a T20 match. Ponting scored 44 runs.
Significantly, Team India went out to bat first after losing the toss in the Trinidad Test. During this, till the time of writing the news, he scored 248 runs in 70 overs. Virat Kohli remained unbeaten after scoring 56 runs. At the same time, Ravindra Jadeja was unbeaten after scoring 27 runs. Earlier, Yashasvi Jaiswal got out after scoring 57 runs. He faced 74 balls and hit 9 fours and a six. Rohit Sharma scored 80 runs in 143 balls. He hit 9 fours and 2 sixes. Shubman Gill could not do anything special. He got out after scoring 10 runs. Ajinkya Rahane returned to the pavilion after scoring 8 runs. India registered a big win in the first match against the West Indies.
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