Ind vs WI, ICC World Cup 2019: Indian players on the cusp of reaching key milestones

Kohli-led Indian team have been in stellar form winning four out of their five games in the tournament so far.

India will be facing West Indies in Match 34 of the ICC World Cup at Old Trafford in Manchester, England today. Kohli-led Indian team have been in stellar form winning four out of their five games in the tournament so far. Meanwhile West Indies come into the game at the back of three straight losses at the hands of England, Bangladesh and New Zealand. India hold the edge over the Windies in their previous World Cup encounters winning 5 out of the 8 games played between the teams. Here are some major milestones which can be achieved by Indian players during the World Cup game against the West Indies

• Virat Kohli needs 37 runs to become the fastest batsman to scale the 20000-run milestone in international cricket. If Kohli achieves the milestone (416th innings) he would eclipse the record jointly held by Sachin Tendulkar and Brian Lara (453 innings) to achieve the feat.
• Virat Kohli (1,840 runs) is 91 runs away to become the leading ODI run-scorer against Windies. Only Javed Miandad (Pakistan) is ahead of Kohli in this list with 1,930 ODI runs against West Indies.
• Hardik Pandya (48 wickets ) needs just more two more wickets to complete 50 one day international wickets.
• All-rounder Hardik Pandya is set to play his 50th ODI game when he takes to the field against Windies at Manchester in the ICC World Cup.
• Leg Spinner Kuldeep Yadav needs one more wicket to reach the 150-wicket milestone in international cricket.
• Mahendra Singh Dhoni ((16,909 runs) needs 91 runs to become the fifth Indian batsman to complete 17000 runs in international cricket