Kohli ends 2019 at top of ICC ODI batsmen rankings, Rohit closes in on top spot
Cricket | December 23, 2019 15:54 ISTRohit Sharma won the Player of the Series trophy following his scores of 36, 159 and 63 against West Indies at home.
Rohit Sharma won the Player of the Series trophy following his scores of 36, 159 and 63 against West Indies at home.
Shardul's unbeaten 17 off 6 balls ensured India's 2-1 series win over Windies on Sunday.
Within six months, Pooran, now of 24, has proved his worth with 20 boundaries and nine sixes in three ODIs and with an ODI average of 52 in 19 games looks to be one for the future.
Ravindra Jadeja played a crucial 39-run knock to steer India to victory in the third ODI, sealing the series 2-1.
As India secured a series victory against West Indies, we take a look at the major stats and records from the final ODI.
Indian all-rounder Ravindra Jadeja played a crucial innings in the final ODI against West Indies in Cuttack, steering the side to a 2-1 series win.
Kohli recorded 11125 runs in 227 matches between 2010 and 2019, at an average of 60.79 with 42 centuries and 52 half-centuries.
India chased down 316 with four wickets to spare to win the final match of the series at the Barabati Stadium in Cuttack and clinch the series 2-1.
Virat Kohli anchored a tricky chase before Shardul Thakur played the most defining cameo of his short career to power India to a series-winning four-wicket victory over the West Indies in the third ODI.
Rohit was awarded the Player of the Series trophy for his knocks of 36, 159 and 77 against West Indies.
Kohli was awarded the Man of the Match for his stunning 85 during India's successful run chase of 316 in Cuttack.
Shardul Thakur was the real game-changer for India as he slammed unbeaten 17 runs off 6 balls in the business end of the match to steal the game for hosts.
India's top three -- Rohit Sharma (63), K L Rahul (77) and Kohli (85) -- fired in unison in a 316-run chase as India's bagged their 10th successive series win over the West Indies.
Kohli reclaimed the top spot with his 98th fifty-plus score in the third and final ODI game of the series against West Indies at the Barabati Stadium in Cuttack.
Rohit scored his 43rd ODI half-century on Sunday in the third and final ODI match against West Indies at the Barabati Stadium in Cuttack en route to his run-a-ball score of 63
Shami became the first Indian bowler to end a calendar year as highest wicket-taker in ODIs. twice in his career. He had bagged 38 wickets in 2014
It was no surprise that Shami finished the year with a very impressive tally of 42 wickets, the best by any bowler in 2019, and Gavaskar did not shy away from praising the 28-year-old.
With two boundaries and a single against Sheldon Cottrell on Sunday at the Barabati Stadium in Cuttack, India's Rohit Sharma broke a 22-year-old world record in international cricket.
With his dismissal, Hope ended his 2019 ODI tally at 1345 runs (in 28 ODIs) which is the second-highest run tally by a West Indies batsman in a calendar year.
Ravindra Jadeja and Rishabh Pant dropped catches during the third and final ODI against West Indies in Cuttack.
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