Kohli determined to 'unlock a new version' of himself

At 37 years old, in a career that has spanned two decades and reached glittering highs, Virat Kohli has been challenged to "unlock a new version" of himself and the results of that have been on show. The India batter ticked off 15,000 ODI runs on Sunday and raised his 55th - and third-fastest - century in the format as he tore into the West Indies bowling attack.

"I got a challenge at this stage of my career to kind of up the ante and, you know, play a gear to higher end," Kohli told the host broadcaster. "Yeah, that was exciting for me to work on. Again, it excites you when you have to unlock a new version at this stage of your career, which will eventually help, you know, anything that you play for, be it playing for India or in the IPL. It's really helped me a lot to play with a free mind and I think that's what's working for me."

Kohli hit a six within his first five balls (a top edge) in Thiruvananthapuram and kept hitting them, finishing with nine in the innings, which became a new personal best. He supplemented that with 10 fours including three back-to-back in the 29th over of the 296-run chase that took him past 15,000 runs. He is the second person to the landmark after Sacin Tendulkar.

"My focus has never really been on these milestones, so to say. It's just understanding the situation along the course of just doing the job for the team, whatever, you know. Achievements come along, obviously I feel very grateful and very blessed to be in this position for having played for so long. And, yeah, just keeping my head down, working hard and thanking God for everything that I've been blessed with."