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Playing an innings of 183 runs in ODI cricket is considered extremely lucky for Indian players. Because, whenever an Indian batsman has scored 183 runs in ODI cricket, it becomes easy for that player to become the captain of Team India. The special thing is that the captaincy record of that player has also been excellent. These players include the names of Sourav Ganguly, Mahendra Singh Dhoni and Virat Kohli. The highest score of these three players in ODI is only 183.
Sourav Ganguly scored a career best innings of 183 runs against Sri Lanka
First of all, let's talk about 'Prince of Kolkata' Sourav Ganguly. He played the best innings of his career, scoring 183 runs against Sri Lanka in the 1999 ODI World Cup. Ganguly, who came to open the match, faced 158 balls and scored 183 runs with the help of 17 fours and seven sixes. The team scored a huge score of 373 runs in this match, in response to which Sri Lanka collapsed for 216 runs and lost the match by 157 runs. Ganguly was chosen as the Man of the Match for this strong innings. After this, Ganguly succeeded in becoming the captain of Team India in the year 2000.
Dhoni played an innings of 183 runs for Team India
After Sourav Ganguly, Dhoni played an innings of 183 runs for Team India. This innings of his also came against Sri Lanka in 2005, where he smashed the Sri Lankan bowlers and scored 183 runs in 145 balls with the help of 15 fours and 10 sixes. On the basis of his innings, India achieved the target of 299 runs with 23 balls remaining. After this special innings, Dhoni was given the captaincy in the T20 format in 2007. The special thing is that he made Team India the T20 World Cup champion in his very first attempt.
Kohli played the best innings of his ODI career against Pakistan
Finally, let's talk about Indian batsman Virat Kohli. He played the best innings of his ODI career against Pakistan. This match was played in Mirpur, where he defeated the Pakistani bowlers and gave his team a memorable victory by six wickets. In this match played in 2012, India got a target of 330 runs from Pakistan, which the team achieved by losing six wickets in 47.5 overs. Later, Virat was made the captain of Team India in place of MS Dhoni in 2014.
