Kohli joins Rohit in a Unique world record as India seal the series against the Proteas
Indian Dominance Continues
In the ongoing Test series between India and South Africa, India registered yet another comprehensive victory over South Africa at Pune, where the visitors were dismissed for 189 in second innings . As a result India won by an innings and 137 runs , which is by far the biggest victory for Indian team against the"Proteas" ever . India currently leads in the World Test Championship with 200 points and 5 wins.
Highlights
#1 India continues the winning streak with 11-0 in home Test match series.
#2 Kohli completes 50 Test matches as Captain with 30 wins bettering Dhoni's record.
#3 Kohli reached his highest score of 254* , completed 7 double tons in Test Matches .
#4 Kohli completed 7000 runs in Test Matches.
Captain Kohli joins Rohit Sharma in a set of world record
It was non other than Virat Kohli to be adjudged : Man of the Match in the second test match against South Africa, for his gigantic innings of 254* where he batted for five sessions as he played 336 deliveries and scored 35 boundaries. He joins Rohit Sharma in a unique set of world record yet where only both of them have had a "Man of the Match" title during a game in various ICC conducted tournaments : World Cup , T20 World Cup , Champions Trophy and the ongoing World Test Championship.
Virat Kohli enforced the follow-on upon the South African side and became the first ever Indian skipper to do so , India had never put the South African side in such a sorry state before when skipper Kohli became India's first ever to do so on the 4th day's morning. Kohli led the Indian team to victory in his 50th match as captain with a total of 30 wins bettering Dhoni's previous record of 26 wins in his first 50 test matches as captain. Only Steve Waugh with 37 wins and Ricky Pointing with 35 wins have had a better record in list of most wins as captain for the first 50 Test Matches.
Team India has continued their winning streak with 11 continuous series wins as they sealed the series against South Africa after tremendous victory in 2nd Test Match at Pune. The winning streak has been ongoing since February 2013 , when India white washed the touring Australian side with 4-0 defeat.
Records kept on tumbling
Virat Kohli enforced the follow-on upon the South African side and became the first ever Indian skipper to do so , India had never put the South African side in such a sorry state before when skipper Kohli became India's first ever to do so on the 4th day's morning. Kohli led the Indian team to victory in his 50th match as captain with a total of 30 wins bettering Dhoni's previous record of 26 wins in his first 50 test matches as captain. Only Steve Waugh with 37 wins and Ricky Pointing with 35 wins have had a better record in list of most wins as captain for the first 50 Test Matches.Team India has continued their winning streak with 11 continuous series wins as they sealed the series against South Africa after tremendous victory in 2nd Test Match at Pune. The winning streak has been ongoing since February 2013 , when India white washed the touring Australian side with 4-0 defeat.
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