Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma were on a record-breaking spree in the first ODI against Windies. A number of cricket records were broken as the Indian captain and his deputy shared a stand of 246 runs in India’s pursuit of 322 scored by Windies batting first.

Kohli scored 140 from 107 balls while Rohit made 152 not out from 117 balls. The duo was absolutely relentless as they put up a show of masterclass. Due to their superlative batting effort, India chased down the target with 47 balls to spare.

The Indian captain scored his 36th ton in ODIs which was his 22nd in run chases, 15th at home, 14th as captain and the 5th vs Windies (most for India). It was also his 60th international century as he became the fastest to the achieve the landmark, beating Sachin Tendulkar by 40 innings. Sachin had got there in 426 innings while Kohli took 386 innings.

Also, this was the 13th time Kohli was involved in a 200+ stand. The next best are Ricky Ponting, Hashim Amla, Upul Tharanga & Rohit Sharma with seven each. He went past 6000 runs in chases in ODIs. Only Sachin Tendulkar has more runs batting second in ODI cricket.

Here are some of the cricket records made in Guwahati

Highest individual scores in Ind vs WI ODIs

219 Virender Sehwag, Indore, 2011

152 Rohit Sharma, Guwahati, 2018

141* S Tendulkar, Kuala Lumpur, 2006

140 Virat Kohli, Guwahati, 2018

Most runs conceded on debut for WI

83 Oshane Thomas

69 Kesrick Williams v Ind, North Sound, 2017

68 Mervyn Dillon v SA, Lahore, 1997

62 Alzarri Joseph v Pak, Sharjah, 2016

Most 150+ scores in ODIs

6 Rohit Sharma

5 S Tendulkar/ D Warner

4 S Jayasuriya/ C Gayle/ H Amla

Highest partnership for India batting second in ODIs

246 Rohit Sharma – Virat Kohli v WI, Gauhati, 2018 (2nd)

224 Gautam Gambhir – Virat Kohli v SL, Kolkata, 2009 (3rd)

223 Mohammad Azharuddin – Ajay Jadeja v SL, Colombo RPS, 1997 (5th)

Highest second wicket stands in ODI run chases

252* Shane Watson – Ricky Ponting v Eng, Centurion, 2009

246 Rohit Sharma – Virat Kohli v WI, Guwahati, 2018

218* Karim Sadiq – Mohammad Shahzad v Sco, Ayr, 2010

Hundreds against ten oldest Full Members

Sachin Tendulkar

Ricky Ponting

Herschelle Gibbs

Hashim Amla

Virat Kohli

Ross Taylor

AB de Villiers

Martin Guptill

Upul Tharanga

Rohit Sharma

Most 100s in the same ODI innings by a pair

5 AB de Villiers & Hashim Amla

4 S Tendulkar & S Ganguly

4 Hashim Amla & Quinton de Kock

4 Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli

Most sixes for India in ODIs

210 MS Dhoni

195 S Tendulkar

194 Rohit Sharma

189 S Ganguly

153 Yuvraj Singh

Most ODI 100s as captain

22 Ricky Ponting

14 Virat Kohli

13 AB de Villiers

11 Saurav Ganguly

10 Sanath Jayasuriya

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