India registered a 59-run win in the second ODI at Port of Spain on Sunday, 11 August, to ensure they won’t go home with a series loss against West Indies.
After the first One Day International was abandoned due to unsuitable playing conditions, the Men in Blue registered a comprehensive win against the hosts to take a 1-0 lead in the three-match rubber.
After Virat Kohli’s 120 and Shreyas Iyer’s 71 helped India post 279/7 in their 50 overs, the Windies were bowled out for 210 in 42 overs courtesy a four-wicket haul by Bhuvneshwar Kumar. Here’s a look at all the records and numbers from the second ODI at Trinidad.
- India's magnificent 59-run win over West Indies is their fifth in successive matches (completed) at Port of Spain since 2011 in ODIs. Both teams have won seven matches each out of 15 contested at this venue (NR 1).
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- Including two wins against Sri Lanka in 2013, India have won seven completed matches in succession at Port of Spain since 2011.
- Virat Kohli's eighth century vs West Indies (the most by a batsman against them) is his 42nd in ODIs. He is the first batsman to hit eight centuries against three opponents – Australia, Sri Lanka and West Indies.
- Only Sachin Tendulkar has recorded more hundreds against an opponent in ODIs – nine against Australia.
- Kohli has recorded 34 hundreds in a winning cause in ODIs, establishing a record, bettering Tendulkar's tally of 33 hundreds.
- Kohli has become the first batsman to manage 2,000 runs against the West Indies in ODIs – his tally being 2,032 (ave. 72.57) in 35 matches.
- Kohli's feat of reaching 2,000 runs vs West Indies in just 34 innings is a record for any batsman against an opponent, bettering Rohit Sharma's previous record of taking 37 innings to complete 2,000 runs against Australia.
- Kohli's outstanding average of 72.57 against West Indies is the highest by a batsman against an opponent in ODIs (minimum qualification: 1,500 runs).
- Kohli is the first Indian batsman to register two hundreds in ODIs at Port of Spain – 120 on 11 August 2019 (the highest by an Indian batsman at this venue) and 102 on 5 July 2013.
- Kohli's innings on Sunday is the highest by any captain in ODIs in the Caribbean, bettering West Indian Brian Lara's 116 vs Sri Lanka at Bridgetown on 8 June 2003.
- Kohli has become the second captain after Ricky Ponting (22) to post 20 centuries or more in ODIs. His record as captain reads – 4,686 runs at an average of 78.10, including 20 hundreds and 19 fifties, in 79 matches.
- Kohli is the first captain to hit six hundreds (vs West Indies) against an opponent in ODIs, outstripping Ponting's tally of five vs New Zealand.
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- Kohli is now the eighth leading run-getter in ODIs – his tally being 11,406 (ave 59.71) in 238 matches, overtaking Sourav Ganguly's tally of 11,363 (ave 41.02) in 311 matches.
- Kohli has been adjudged the Man of the Match for the 34th time in ODIs. Just two players have received more MoM awards than Kohli – Sachin Tendulkar (62) and Sanath Jayasuriya (48).
- Shreyas Iyer scored his first fifty (71) vs West Indies is his third in ODIs. The said innings is his second highest in ODIs behind the 88 vs Sri Lanka at Mohali on 13 December 2017.
- Evin Lewis' 65 is his first fifty vs India – his sixth in ODIs. He has recorded two hundreds and three fifties in a losing cause.
- Bhuvneshwar Kumar's excellent figures of 4 for 31 are his best vs West Indies in ODIs. Of his five four-wicket hauls, two have been registered by Bhuvneshwar in the Caribbean – his first instance being 4 for eight vs Sri Lanka at Port of Spain on 9 July 2013.
- Bhuvneshwar is the first Indian bowler to produce two four-wicket hauls at Port of Spain in ODIs.