3 Milestones that Indian batsmen can achieve in the second ODI

India continued their dominance at home, as the Men in Blue battered the Windies in the first ODI at Guwahati, gunning down 323 with utmost ease.

World No.1 and No.2 batsmen, captain Virat Kohli (140) and vice-captain Rohit Sharma (152*) proved too good for the Windies' bowlers as they laid the foundation of the chase, with Rohit Sharma taking the team across the winning mark.

The game was a run-fest and a perfect entertainment for the fans on a Sunday evening. The action now shifts to Visakhapatnam, with Windies looking to register a comeback in the 5-match series. The South Indian venue has also been a conventionally high scoring ground, with the possibility of another high scoring encounter.

Having said that, let's have a look at 3 milestones which Indian batsmen can achieve in the following game:

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#3 Shikhar Dhawan - 5000 ODI Runs

Dhawan is just 173 runs away from 5,000 ODI runs

Shikhar Dhawan enjoyed a great run of form in the Asia Cup, finishing as the highest run-getter with 342 runs in 5 games. He claimed the Man of the Tournament award for his consistent outings. Gabbar returned to international cricket after a few weeks, after being dropped from the Test side earlier.

He looked off-colour in the first ODI, as he fell to Oshane Thomas for just 4 runs. However, the southpaw shall be looking forward to making amends for it in the second ODI at Visakhapatnam.

Dhawan is all set to enter the elite 5000+ ODI club and shall become the 13th Indian to enter the list containing prestigious names such as Sachin Tendulkar, Rahul Dravid, Sourav Ganguly and Yuvraj Singh. He could become the 5th left-handed batsman after Sourav Ganguly, Yuvraj Singh, Gautam Gambhir and Suresh Raina to score 5,000 ODI runs for India.

Dhawan has scored 4827 runs in 111 ODI matches at an average of 46.41 and is just 173 runs away from the milestone. This might be an over-ambitious target, but given the batting position of the southpaw and the high scoring pitch of Vizag, Dhawan might well breach the mark in the next match.

If he succeeds to do so, this shall be his highest individual score in ODIs.

#2 MS Dhoni - 10000 ODI Runs for India

Dhoni requires just 51 runs to achieve the milestone

Legendary Indian wicketkeeper and former captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni breached the 10000 runs mark earlier this year at Lord's.as he became the 4th Indian and 12th worldwide to achieve the feat.

Dhoni has scored 10,123 runs in 328 matches that he has played, at an impressive average of 50.62 and is widely regarded as one of the best finishers to have graced the game. However, 174 of those runs have come while playing for the Asia XI, as a part of the three-match Afro-Asia Cup in 2007.

MSD has scored 9,949 runs for India so far and is just 51 runs away from scoring 10,000 runs for his country.

MS is expected to bat at No.6, with Ambati Rayudu and Rishabh Pant given the opportunity to bat higher up the order. Chances are slimmer that things shall come down to him, especially in case of a mediocre chase, given the sublime form exhibited by Rohit and Virat today.

However, if Dhoni gets a chance to bat, he might well etch his names in the record books, for the umpteenth time.

#1 Virat Kohli - Fastest to 10,000 ODI Runs

Kohli is all set to be the fastest to 10,000 ODI runs

Chase Master Virat Kohli exhibited his class and exuberance for the umpteenth occasion, as he dispatched the Caribbean bowlers all around the park, making an absolute mockery of a 323-run target. Kohli hit his 36th ODI century, and 20th while chasing and bagged the Man of the Match honours for his batting prowess.

The Indian captain is all set to enter the 10,000 runs mark in ODI cricket and become the fastest to achieve the landmark. He is all set to dethrone maestro Sachin Tendulkar from the apex position in terms of the number of innings.

Sachin brought up his milestone against Australia in 2001, and took 259 innings, while Kohli has notched 9,919 runs in 204 innings. He needs just 81 runs to cross the mark, and given the current state of affairs, we might well see him doing it in the next match, thus, ensuring that he eclipses Tendulkar's record by a big margin.