5 records which Virat Kohli can break during West Indies ODIs

4) Most runs against and in West Indies by a visiting batsman

In 13 ODIs against and in West Indies, Kohli has scored 556 runs at an average of 55.60 and a strike rate of 90.40 including two centuries and three half-centuries. Currently at the fourth position in this list, Kohli is only five and 29 runs away from former Pakistan captain Inzamam-ul-Haq and veteran Pakistan all-rounder Mohammad Hafeez respectively.

In 13 ODIs against West Indies in their own backyard, Inzaman had scored 560 runs at an average of 56 and a strike rate of 64.73 including seven half-centuries. On the other hand, Hafeez has scored 584 runs in 14 ODIs at an average of 41.71 and a strike rate of 79.24 including a century and five half-centuries.

Having scored 784 runs in 17 ODIs at an average of 52.26 and a strike rate of 76.56 including a century and eight half-centuries, former South Africa all-rounder Jacques Kallis tops this list.

Among the current players in this list after Kohli is England batsman Joe Root, who has scored 506 runs in 11 ODIs at an average of 56.22 and a strike rate of 84.05 including three centuries and a half-century.

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Dixit Bhargav

Born and brought up in Pathankot, Dixit Bhargav is an engineering and sports management graduate who works as a Cricket Editor at The SportsRush. Having written more than 10,000 articles across more than five years at TSR, his first cricketing memory dates back to 2002 when former India captain Sourav Ganguly had waved his jersey at the historic Lord’s balcony. What followed for an 8-year-old was an instant adulation for both Ganguly and the sport. The optimist in him is waiting for the day when Punjab Kings will win their maiden Indian Premier League title. When not watching cricket, he is mostly found in a cinema hall watching a Punjabi movie.

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