virat kohli highest score in odi against sri lanka was 139.
virat kohli highest score in odi against sri lanka was 139.
virat kohli highest score in odi against sri lanka?
139
kohli had a successful time during india's home odi series win over the west indies in october 2014. his 62 in the second odi at delhi was his first fifty across tests and odis in 16 innings since february, and he stated that he got his "confidence back" with the innings. he struck his 20th odi hundred–127 runs in 114 balls–in the fourth match at dharamsala. india registered a 59-run victory and kohli was awarded man of the match. dhoni was rested for the five-match odi series against sri lanka in november, enabling kohli to lead the team for another full series. kohli batted at 4 throughout the series and made scores of 22, 49, 53 and 66 in the first four odis, with india leading the series 4–0. in the fifth odi at ranchi, kohli came in to bat with india at 14/2 in pursuit of 287. he made an unbeaten 139 off 126 balls to give his team a three-wicket win and a whitewash of sri lanka. kohli was awarded player of the series, and it was the second whitewash under his captaincy. during the series he became the fastest batsman in the world to go past the 6000-run mark in odis. with 1054 odi runs at 58.55 in 2014, he became the second player in the world after sourav ganguly to make more than 1,000 runs in odis for four consecutive calendar years. for his performances in 2014, he was named in the world odi xi by the icc. he was also named in the t20i xi of the year 2014 by cricbuzz.
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kohli was appointed the vice-captain for the 2012 asia cup in bangladesh on the back of his fine performance in australia. kris srikkanth, the chairman of selectors, told reporters, "hats off to virat kohli for the way he played. we have to start looking towards the future. the selection committee and the board felt kohli is future captaincy material." kohli was in fine form during the tournament, finishing as the leading run-scorer with 357 runs at an average of 119. he scored 108 in the opening match against sri lanka in a 50-run indian victory, while india lost their next match to bangladesh in which he made 66. in the final group stage match against pakistan, he scored a personal best 183 off 148 balls, his 11th odi century. coming in at 0/1, he struck 22 fours and a six in his innings to help india to chase down 330, their highest successful odi run-chase at the time. his knock was the highest individual score in asia cup history, the joint-second highest score in an odi run-chase and the highest individual score against pakistan in odis surpassing previous record of 156 by brian lara. kohli was awarded the man of the match in both matches that india won, but india could not progress to the final of the tournament.
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