Archive · 28 Sep 2026
Virat Kohli Leads India Past West Indies With Record 139
India played the West Indies in the first one-day cricket match.
The West Indies scored 295 runs, so India needed 296 to win.
Virat Kohli made 139 runs without getting out.
His score helped India win by eight wickets with 50 balls still left.
He also scored his 55th ODI century, which means he made at least 100 runs in one innings.
Kohli passed 15,000 ODI runs during the match.
Only Sachin Tendulkar had reached that number before him.
Kohli also made more ODI runs in India than Tendulkar had previously made there.
The reports give different numbers for some details of Kohli’s innings.
Virat Kohli scored an unbeaten 139 from 88 balls as India defeated the West Indies by eight wickets in the first ODI.
Kohli’s innings included his record-extending 55th ODI century and helped India chase 296 with 50 balls remaining.
He crossed 15,000 ODI runs, becoming only the second batter to reach the milestone after Sachin Tendulkar, who has 18,426.
Kohli’s 7,006 ODI runs in India surpassed Tendulkar’s previous single-country record of 6,976 runs, according to the report.
The reports differ on some innings details: one says Kohli hit nine sixes, while another says he hit six sixes and six fours and reached his century from 74 balls.
- Who
- Virat Kohli and India, playing against the West Indies.
- What
- India won the first ODI by eight wickets, with Kohli scoring an unbeaten 139 and reaching his 55th ODI century and 15,000 ODI runs.
- When
- Sunday, September 27; the year is not specified in the reports.
- Where
- Thiruvananthapuram.
- Why
- India was chasing the West Indies’ total of 296 in the opening ODI.
- Match
- First ODI between India and the West Indies
- Result
- India won by eight wickets
- Kohli’s score
- Unbeaten 139 from 88 balls
- Team target
- India chased 296
- Century milestone
- Kohli’s 55th ODI century
- Career milestone
- 15,000 ODI runs; 15,080 reported in one account
- Single-country record
- 7,006 ODI runs in India, surpassing Sachin Tendulkar’s 6,976
