IND vs WI: Virat Kohli 6 runs away from achieving huge ODI milestone for team India

After the captaincy saga, all the focus will be on Virat Kohli as team India host West Indies for three ODIs, followed by three T20Is, beginning Sunday. The 33-year-old bowed down as India’s T20 and Test captain, while he was replaced by Rohit Sharma as ODI captain ahead of the recently-concluded South Africa tour.

During the three-match ODI series against the Caribbean side, Virat Kohli will aim to end his international century drought, having failed to reach triple figures in over two years in any format. Kohli will also be working towards another personal record in the ODI series against the West Indies.

The former Indian skipper is only six runs away from becoming only the second Indian batsman to achieve the milestone of 5,000 ODI runs on home soil. Sachin Tendulkar is the only other batsman who has scored 5,000 or more ODI runs at home.

Interestingly, the master blaster had got to the record of 5,000 ODI runs in India against West Indies on his 121st innings.

Virat Kohli, on the contrary, could attain the milestone in his 96th ODI innings in India, if he manages to score 6 runs in the first ODI on Sunday.

Earlier, youngster Mayank Agarwal was added to India's ODI squad after seven members in the Indian team, including four players --Shikhar Dhawan, Ruturaj Gaikwad, Shreyas Iyer and Navdeep Saini -- tested COVID positive.

All the three ODIs will be played without spectators in Ahmedabad, with the first ODI slated to be played on 6th February. The first ODI match on Sunday will be team India's 1000th match in the limited over format, which is the most by any team.

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