Internet Desk: Indian cricket team captain Virat Kohli is well known as another name of records in the World of Cricket. The poster boy of Indian cricket has added another feather to his hat as he joins the elite group of Indian players who have played 200 ODI matches.
Kohli started his ODI career back in August in the year 2008 against Sri Lanka in Dambulla and after that there were no turning back and today he is one of the best batsman in the World.
India is currently playing the first of three-match ODI series against New Zealand right now in Mumbai. This is Virat’s 200th ODI match. The Wankhede crowd which is a part of many historic moments in Indian cricket including the 2011 ICC World Cup win, welcomed the current India skipper with much applause when he came at the crease after an early dismissal of Shikhar Dhawan.
Wankhede welcomes the milestone man with the chants of Kohli Kohli #Virat200 pic.twitter.com/Gaxcrv0nza
— BCCI (@BCCI) October 22, 2017
Kohli is the 14th Indian cricketer and 72nd in the world to play 200 ODI matches. Here goes the list of Indian players who have represented the nation in 200 or more ODI games.
Sachin Tendulkar: 463
Rahul Dravid: 344
Mohammed Azharuddin: 334
Sourav Ganguly: 311
MS Dhoni: 306
Yuvraj Singh: 304
Anil Kumble: 271
Virender Sehwag: 251
Harbhajan Singh: 236
Javagal Srinath: 229
Kapil Dev: 225
Suresh Raina: 223
Zaheer Khan: 200
Virat Kohli: 200*