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IND vs NZ: Virat Kohli overtakes MS Dhoni as India’s second-most capped player | Cricket News

IND vs NZ: Virat Kohli overtakes MS Dhoni as India’s second-most capped player | Cricket News

Senior batter Virat Kohli on Thursday surpassed MS Dhoni as India’s second-most capped international cricketer during the first Test against New Zealand at the M Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bengaluru. Kohli was confirmed for his 536th international match when listed in the XI and went past Dhoni’s 535 caps for India between 2004 and 2019. Sachin Tendulkar tops the charts among Indians, with 664 appearances across formats in a career spanning from 1989 to 2013. Among active cricketers, Kohli is followed by India captain Rohit Sharma (486) and Ravindra Jadeja (346) in the list. Kohli has thus far amassed 27,041 runs and 80 hundreds in his career, only bettered by Tendulkar among Indians. He has represented India in 295 ODIs and featured in 125 T20Is before retiring earlier this year after the T20 World Cup triumph in the West Indies. FOLLOW IND VS NZ DAY 2 LIVE SCORE The 35-year-old is tied for eighth in terms of Test appearances for India, earning his 116th cap this week. Kohli is 53 runs short of becoming only the …