{"id":3520,"date":"2017-12-08T15:45:43","date_gmt":"2017-12-08T10:15:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sports.smartworld.asia\/?p=3520"},"modified":"2017-12-08T15:47:18","modified_gmt":"2017-12-08T10:17:18","slug":"virat-kohli-beats-ms-dhoni-top-list-yahoos-searched-sportsperson-2017","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/smartzworld.com\/sports\/virat-kohli-beats-ms-dhoni-top-list-yahoos-searched-sportsperson-2017\/","title":{"rendered":"Virat Kohli beats MS Dhoni to top list of Yahoo’s most searched sportsperson in 2017"},"content":{"rendered":"

Team India skipper has had tremendous 2017 season which saw him break records with ease. Kohli led his team to 1-0 victory in the three-match Test series against Sri Lanka at home recently.<\/h2>\n

\"Virat<\/p>\n

The feat saw him winning nine consecutive series and also equalling Australian\u00a0 Ricky Ponting’s record of the most successive series win as captain. After scoring career-best 243 in the third Test against Sri Lanka. Kohli on Thursday jumped three places to grab the second position among batsmen in the ICC Test rankings.<\/p>\n

Virat scored a tally of 2818 runs across all format. He is placed third on the list of most runs batsman in a calendar year across all formats.<\/p>\n

Recently, when India beat Sri Lanka 1-0 in the three Test match series at the Ferozeshah Kotla in New Delhi. Yet another milestone unlocked for the Indian captain. The series win was a record equalling ninth for India which means Kohli, has now equalled former Australian captain Ricky Ponting\u2019s record of the most successive series wins as captain.<\/p>\n

The Ricky Ponting led Australia won nine series\u2019 on the bounce from 2005 to 2008. Only once before has a similar feat been achieved, when England registered nine straight series triumphs between 1884 and 1892.<\/p>\n

Kohli has currently taken a break from ODI and T20 series against Sri Lanka citing personal reasons. Team India\u2019s next assignment is away series against South Africa, where they will play 3 test, 6 ODIs and 3 T20, The first test will be commencing from January 5th at Newlands, Cape Town.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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