India vs Afghanistan, World Cup 2019

Kohli 104 runs away from the 20000 icc runs.


India captain Virat Kohli has made it a habit of breaking Sachin Tendulkar’s batting records. Kohli snatches a Tendulkar record – whether big or small - and adds to his tally in almost every series.
The ICC World Cup 2019 has been no different. In India’s last World Cup match against Pakistan, Kohli got past Tendulkar to become the fastest to 11000 ODI runs. And in India’s next match against Afghanistan, Kohli not only has a chance to go past Tendulkar but he also has an opportunity to bag another world record.
Kohli is only 104 runs away from reaching 20,000 international runs. If he gets it against Afghanistan, he will be the 12th batsman to this landmark and the 3rd Indian after Sachin Tendulkar (34,357 runs) and Rahul Dravid (24,208 runs).

Kohli has not been at his fluent best in this World Cup but he has shown glimpses of his class with two well-compiled half-centuries against Australia (82) and Pakistan (77) and he would look to get to that three-figure mark which has eluded him in this World Cup so far, against Afghanistan on Saturday.
In the absence of Shikhar Dhawan, who has been ruled out of the tournament with a fractured thumb, there will also be added responsibility on Kohli’s shoulder to provide a solid platform for the likes of MS Dhoni and Hardik Pandya.