IND vs SA LIVE: Vizag set for another Virat Kohli–Rohit Sharma show

Key Highlights

• He finished as ‘Player of the Series’ then, with 453 runs in five innings at an average of 151 and a strike rate of nearly 113. Visakhapatnam has been Kohli’s most productive ODI venue in India.
• He has scored 587 runs in seven innings here at an average of 97.83 and a strike rate of 100.34, including three centuries, two fifties, and a career-best 157*.
• One of the earliest highlights of his career also came here in 2010, when a 21-year-old Kohli scored a decisive 118 off 121 balls to script a successful chase of 290 against Australia after India slipped to 35/2. Kohli also stands on the brink of another milestone.
• He needs just 90 more runs to become the third batter in history to reach 28,000 international runs — joining Sachin Tendulkar (34,357) and Kumar Sangakkara (28,016).
• So far, Kohli has accumulated 27,910 runs in 555 international matches at an average of 52.46, including 84 centuries and 144 half-centuries, with a top score of 254*. In ODIs this year, Kohli has scored 586 runs in 12 innings at an average of 58.60 and a strike rate of 92.72, including three centuries and three fifties — with a best of 135.