During his 50-run knock, Virat Kohli went past Sourav Ganguly on the list of Indian skippers with most runs in ODI cricket. Kohli, with 5123 runs, went past Ganguly's tally of 5104 runs as Indian skipper.
Virat Kohli played a steady 51-run knock after walking into bat at No. 3 for India at Seddon Park. The India captain struck 6 boundaries in a well-paced knock wherein he was involved in a 100-plus stand with Shreyas Iyer. Kohli was eventually outfoxed by a brilliant googly from leg-spinner Ish Sodhi as he had walk back after making his 58th fifty in ODIs.
Since taking over as the Indian ODI skipper, Kohli took only 87 matches to get past Ganguly's run feat. The prolific run geter has scored 5123 runs at staggering average of 76.46 laced with 21 centuries and 23 fifties as ODI captain.
Kohli is 7th on the list of players with most runs as ODI captain. He is 3rd on the Indian list behind MS Dhoni and Mohammad Azharuddin. World Cup-winning former Australia captain Ricky Ponting tops the chart with 8497 runs.
Most runs as captain in ODIs
Ricky Ponting - 8497 runs in 230 matches
MS Dhoni- 6641 runs in 200 matches
Stephen Fleming - 6295 runs in 218 matches
Arjuna Ranatunga - 5608 runs in 193 matches
Graeme Smith - 5416 runs in 150 matches
Mohammad Azharuddin - 5239 runs in 174 matches
Virat Kohli - 5123 runs in 87 matches
Sourav Ganguly - 5104 runs in 148 matches