India vs England, 2021 - 2nd ODI: Rishabh Pant breaks massive records, Kohli's big feat, Rahul's milestones and more stats

India are playing against England in a three-match ODI series at MCA Stadium, Pune. In the second game, India posted a total of 336/6 after they were asked to bat first. KL Rahul smacked a magnificent century for the hosts scoring 108 runs off 114 balls. He hit 7 fours and 2 sixes in his knock. Captain Virat Kohli also made a vital contribution of 66 runs off 79 balls. Rishabh Pant who came to bat at number 5 blasted 77 runs in just 40 balls with the help of 3 fours and 7 sixes.

Let’s look at important stats and numbers from India’s innings against England in the second ODI:

10000 – Virat Kohli completed 10000 ODI runs in this match while batting at number 3. He is only the second cricketer to achieve the milestone after Ricky Ponting (12662). Virat has so far scored 10046 runs in this position at an average of 62.78.

5442 – Virat Kohli has now scored 5442 runs as an ODI captain and surpassed Graeme Smith (5416) to attain the fifth spot in the record tally.

9 – Virat Kohli got out to Adil Rashid for the ninth time in international cricket. Only Tim Southee (10 times) has dismissed the Indian skipper on more occasions than the English spinner.

3 – KL Rahul became only the third player to smash a century against England in all three formats. Before him, Chris Gayle and Rohit Sharma had achieved this landmark.

7 – Rishabh Pant smashed 7 sixes in his explosive knock. This is the most number of maximums hit by an Indian player against England in ODI innings. Before him, Yuvraj Singh and MS Dhoni both had hit 6 sixes against England in different ODIs.

2 – In terms of most sixes hit by an Indian wicketkeeper in ODI innings, Rishabh Pant has attained the second spot with his fireworks. In 2005, MS Dhoni had hit 10 sixes against Sri Lanka in Jaipur ODI.

1 – Pant equalled Yuvraj Singh in terms of most sixes (7) hit by an Indian number 5 batsman in an ODI match.

192.50 – Pant played with a strike rate of 192.50 in his blistering knock, which is the highest for an Indian player in ODI innings with a minimum of 70 runs.

1502 – KL Rahul completed 1500 ODI runs during his superb knock. He is among the only three Indian players now who have an average of over 50 with 1500+ runs in the ODI format.

5 – Rahul completed his fifth ton in the 50-over format in the 36th innings. He is only behind Shikhar Dhawan (28 innings) in terms of innings taken to complete 5 ODI centuries.