154* vs New Zealand, Mohali, 2016

India and New Zealand met in the third ODI of the series at Mohali and the Kiwi made 285 runs batting first. Tom Latham and Jimmy Neesham made half-centuries, as Umesh Yadav and Kedar Jadhav picked three wickets each.

The target was relatively a small one, but India lost both openers Rohit Sharma and Ajinkya Rahane quite early. Then the chase masters in vice-captain Virat Kohli and captain MS Dhoni came together to guide India to a win. Dhoni made 80 with 3 sixes and 6 fours, but it was the knock of Kohli, which stood out as he eliminated all the risky shots from his repertoire and stayed till the end.

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Kohli slammed 154* in 134 balls with 16 fours and 1 six and helped India win by 7 wickets. It was a perfect example of Kohli, along with the already brilliant MS Dhoni, safely negotiating the tricky Kiwi bowlers and took India to an emphatic win and got the lead in the five-match ODI series.