Current context: India has defeated West Indies by four wickets in the third and final ODI of the three-match series at Barabati Stadium in Cuttack on 22nd Dec 19.
a. Shikhar Dhawan
b. Rohit Sharma
c. Virat Kohli
d. Shubman Gill
- India won the three match ODI series by 2-1.
- This was the 10th consecutive win of India over West Indies in the ODI series.
- Virat Kohli was declared the Man of the Match and Rohit sharma the Man of the series and cracked his 4rd ODI fifty.
- Virat Kohli looks set to be the highest runscorer of 2019 (2455 runs) in all formats (Tests, ODI and T20I) combined, for the 4th year in a row.
- Rohit Sharma had broken the record for scoring the most number of runs as an opening batsman (2442 runs) in a calendar year, a 22 year long period of former Sri Lanka's batsman Sanath Jayasuria in 1997.
- Mohd Shami took 42 wickets in 21 ODIs in 2019 which is the highest by any bowler in the world.
- India will next face Sri Lanka in a three-match T20I series that will begin from 3rd Jan 2020.
Question:
Q.1 Which batsman has recently broken the record for scoring the most number of runs as an opening batsman in a calendar year (2019) after 22 years?a. Shikhar Dhawan
b. Rohit Sharma
c. Virat Kohli
d. Shubman Gill
