Captains who have scored 1000 plus runs while chasing in one day internationals – V Kohli joins the elite list

Captains who have scored 1000 plus runs while chasing in one day internationals – V Kohli joins the elite list

V Kohli became the thirteenth captain in the history of one day games to compile 1000 plus runs while batting second and winning the game that is while chasing. He reached the milestone when he was on 35 during the course of  his knock of 82 not out at Dambulla against Sri Lanka on 20 Aug 2017. At the end of the game, his  run aggregate read 1047. The performance of these thirteen captains are tabulated below

No Player Team Mat Inns NO Runs HS Ave C HC 0
1 RT Ponting Aus 64 57 16 2453 126 059.82 6 16 1
2 GC Smith RSA 49 49 08 2444 134* 059.60 5 19 1
3 SP Fleming NZl 56 54 14 2228 134* 055.70 6 13 2
4 M Azharuddin Ind 49 41 15 1644 095* 063.23 0 15 0
5 A Ranatunga Srl 50 44 22 1619 131* 073.59 1 09 3
6 SC Ganguly Ind 36 35 07 1609 135* 057.46 4 11 2
7 MS Dhoni Ind 63 43 26 1558 101* 091.64 1 10 1
8 WJ Cronje RSA 44 36 13 1471 094 063.95 0 13 1
9 AR Border Aus 40 31 14 1243 091* 073.11 0 14 0
10 BC Lara Win 38 35 13 1200 087 054.54 0 08 1
11 ST Jayasuriya Srl 27 27 04 1138 103 049.47 3 06 0
12 AB de Villiers RSA 22 20 16 1064 136* 266.00 3 05 0
13 V Kohli Ind 14 11 06 1047 139* 209.40 5 05 0

V Kohli became the fourth Indian captain in the history of one day games to compile 1000 plus runs while batting second and winning the game that is while chasing. He reached the milestone when he was on 35 during the course of  his knock of 82 not out at Dambulla against Sri Lanka on 20 Aug 2017. At the end of the game, his run aggregate read 1047. The performance of these four captains are tabulated below

No Player Team Mat Inns NO Runs HS Ave C HC 0
1 M Azharuddin Ind 49 41 15 1644 095* 063.23 0 15 0
2 SC Ganguly Ind 36 35 07 1609 135* 057.46 4 11 2
3 MS Dhoni Ind 63 43 26 1558 101* 091.64 1 10 1
4 V Kohli Ind 14 11 06 1047 139* 209.40 5 05 0

It is interesting  to note that India holds the record  in  this category of statistics with four of its captains accomplishing the feat closely followed by South Africa which has three captains. The following table list the break up of captains teamwise.

No Player Team Mat Inns NO Runs HS Ave C HC 0
1 RT Ponting Aus 64 57 16 2453 126 059.82 6 16 1
2 AR Border Aus 40 31 14 1243 091* 073.11 0 14 0
                       
1 M Azharuddin Ind 49 41 15 1644 095* 063.23 0 15 0
2 SC Ganguly Ind 36 35 07 1609 135* 057.46 4 11 2
3 MS Dhoni Ind 63 43 26 1558 101* 091.64 1 10 1
4 V Kohli Ind 14 11 06 1047 139* 209.40 5 05 0
                       
1 SP Fleming NZl 56 54 14 2228 134* 055.70 6 13 2
                       
1 GC Smith RSA 49 49 08 2444 134* 059.60 5 19 1
2 WJ Cronje RSA 44 36 13 1471 094 063.95 0 13 1
3 AB de Villiers RSA 22 20 16 1064 136* 266.00 3 05 0
                       
1 A Ranatunga Srl 50 44 22 1619 131* 073.59 1 09 3
2 ST Jayasuriya Srl 27 27 04 1138 103 049.47 3 06 0
                       
1 BC Lara Win 38 35 13 1200 087 054.54 0 08 1

 

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