Virat Kohli and Jasprit Bumrah create history in the Cricket World

All the interesting statistical highlights from the fifth ODI between India and Sri Lanka.

Captain Virat Kohli’s 30th ODI century helped India complete a 5-0 whitewash of Sri Lanka after the visitors recorded a six-wicket win with 21 balls to spare in the fifth ODI at R Premadasa Stadium.

After winning the toss, Sri Lankan captain Upul Tharanga opted to bat. Despite a century partnership between Lahiru Thirimanne and Angelo Mathews, the hosts couldn’t post a massive total on the board as they stuttered and stumbled their way towards 238 before they were bowled out with two balls to go.

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In response, India lost both openers, Rohit Sharma and Ajinkya Rahane early. But Kohli and Manish Pandey resurrected the chase before the Indian captain added a century partnership for the fourth wicket with Kedar Jadhav and eventually get over the line.

ODI Century No. 30 for #TeamIndia Captain @imVkohli #SLvIND pic.twitter.com/mbz916EAsd

— BCCI (@BCCI) September 3, 2017

Here are some interesting Stats from the fifth ODI:

1. Kohli becomes the first captain with 3 ODI whitewashes (min. 5 games)
2. This is the first time the away team has whitewashed the home team in both ODIs and Tests (min. 3 ODIs and Tests)
3. India became the first team to whitewash Sri Lanka in Sri Lanka in a bilateral ODI series. This is also India’s first 5-0 away whitewash against a full-member nation (excluding Bangladesh and Zimbabwe)
4. Jasprit Bumrah (third ODI) and Bhuvneshwar Kumar (fifth ODI) both picked up five-wicket hauls in this series. This is the first time that two Indian pacers have taken five-fers in the same series.
5. Among current batsmen, Virat Kohli is third on the list of players with most fifty-plus scores in ODIs. Only AB de Villiers (77) and MS Dhoni (75) have more than Kohli’s 74.
6. Virat Kohli now has 4 ODI centuries in 2017, which is the most by any batsman in the year.
7. This is the fifth time that Kohli has scored an ODI century in successive innings. Only AB de Villiers has achieved this feat more times.
8. This was only the sixth time that an Indian captain has whitewashed an opponent in an ODI series of five matches or more. Kohli has done it thrice, MS Dhoni twice and Gautam Gambhir once.
9. This was Kohli’s eighth ODI century against Sri Lanka, which is the most by any batsman against Sri Lanka (level with Sachin Tendulkar’s 8). Only Sachin (9 vs Australia) has scored more centuries against any opponent.
10. This was Virat Kohli’s 30th ODI century, level with Ricky Ponting in second place on the list of most ODI centuries, behind only Sachin Tendulkar (49).
11. MS Dhoni, who already holds the record for most ODI stumpings, completed 100 ODI stumpings in this match. The 36-year-old became the first to achieve that feat.
12.  Kohli is the 100th player to score 10,000 runs in List-A cricket. His average is the 2nd highest among them behind Bevan (57.86).