Kohli surpasses South Africa’s de Kock to become highest run getter of World Cup

Virat Kohli on Sunday became the highest run getter in the ICC World Cup match against Netherlands at M. Chinnaswamy Stadium.

Despite 4 runs short of reaching the 600-run milestone, Kohli reached the landmark during his 51-run knock and finished the league stage of the tournament with 594 going past South Africa Quinton de Kock 591 runs.

Unfortunately, Virat Kohli couldn't capitalise on his fifty to achieve his 50th ODI hundred, succumbing to left-arm spinner Roelof van der Merwe in the 29th over.

Kohli takes first ODI wicket in nine years at World Cup

Kohli also made an impact with the ball when he claimed his first One-Day International (ODI) wicket in nine years during the World Cup match against the Netherlands at Bengaluru.

Virat Kohli celebrates the dismissal of Netherlands' captain Scott Edwards. AP

With the Dutch crawling in their chase of 411 to win, India skipper Rohit Sharma threw the ball to Kohli who sent back opposition captain Scott Edwards, caught behind in his second over off a ball drifting down the leg side.

It was only Kohli's fifth career ODI wicket from his gentle medium-pace and first since 2014 when he dismissed New Zealand captain Brendon McCullum in Wellington.

Earlier in the day, India captain Rohit Sharma played a fluent 61-run knock with eight fours and two sixes to break Sourav Ganguly's two-decade-old World Cup record as India's highest run-scoring captain in a single edition off World Cup.

Ganguly had set the previous record of 465 runs in the 2003 World Cup, featuring 11 innings and three centuries, with a highest score of 111. In contrast, Rohit has now amassed an impressive 503 runs in just nine innings during the World Cup 2023, including a century and three half-centuries, with a top score of 131.

Indo-Asian News Service