Archive · 27 Sep 2026
Virat Kohli Hits Home ODI Fifty After Eight-Month Wait
Virat Kohli played an ODI match for India against the West Indies.
The game was held in Thiruvananthapuram.
Kohli scored 50 runs very quickly, using 40 balls.
He reached 50 by hitting a big six.
This was his 80th fifty in ODI cricket.
He had not played an ODI in India for about eight months.
His team was chasing a target of 296 runs.
Kohli is now only nine runs away from scoring 15,000 ODI runs.
Virat Kohli scored his 80th ODI half-century against the West Indies in Thiruvananthapuram.
He reached the milestone from 40 balls with a six off Alzarri Joseph.
Kohli’s fifty came during India’s chase of 296 at Greenfield International Stadium.
The match marked Kohli’s return to ODI cricket on home soil after eight months and nine days.
He now needs nine runs to become the second India batter and sixth overall to reach 15,000 ODI runs.
- Who
- Virat Kohli, playing for India against the West Indies.
- What
- Kohli scored his 80th ODI half-century, reaching the mark with a six.
- When
- September 27; the report describes the match as being played on Sunday.
- Where
- Greenfield International Stadium in Thiruvananthapuram.
- Why
- Kohli was returning to ODI cricket on home soil after an eight-month absence and was helping India chase 296 runs.
- Milestone
- Kohli’s 80th ODI half-century
- Runs scored to fifty
- 40 balls
- Six-hitting bowler
- Alzarri Joseph
- India’s chase
- 296 runs
- Home ODI absence
- Eight months and nine days, or about 252 days
- 15,000-run milestone
- Kohli needs nine more ODI runs
- Previous ODI in India
- 124 off 91 balls against New Zealand at Holkar Stadium in Indore on January 18, 2026