NEW DELHI: India run machine and batting mainstay Virat Kohli is the leading run scorer in this edition of the World Cup and the former captain continued his great run of form in the final against Australia at the Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad on Sunday.
Steadying the Indian innings after the dismissals of captain Rohit Sharna and Shreyas Iyer in successive overs, Kohli reached his 72nd fifty off 56 balls and with that notched up five consecutive 50+ scores in World Cups for the second time.