Another record for Virat Kohli, joins the elite list of MS Dhoni, Sourav Ganguly

XtraTime Web Desk: India skipper Virat Kohli added another feather on his cap as he reached 4000 runs as the captain of the team during the third ODI against Australia in Ranchi on Friday.

The run machine became the 12th ODI captain to achieve this feat and also the fourth Indian captain after MS Dhoni (6641), Mohammad Azharuddin (5239) & Sourav Ganguly (5104) to score 4000 runs as captain in this format.

Kohli slammed his 40th ODI century in the second game of the five-match series in Nagpur and thanks to this century, the Indian cricket team skipper came the second cricketer ever to score 40 centuries in this format of the game along with Sachin Tendulkar (49).

Kohli looked completely in control against the Australia bowlers and in the process, was able to score his 18th century in ODIs as skipper. Currently, he is only second to former Australia skipper Ricky Ponting (22).

Earlier, Usman Khawaja smashed his maiden one-day international century to guide Australia to 313-5 in the third match against India on Friday.

The tourists rode on a 193-run opening stand between Khawaja, who hit 104, and skipper Aaron Finch, who made 93, to put up a challenging total after being put into bat first in Ranchi.