New Delhi: Virat Kohli said he wanted to counter-attack during India’s 301-run chase rather than play himself in during his 93-run knock against New Zealand in the first ODI in Vadodara on Sunday.

Kohli’s match winning knock enabled him to become the quickest batter to reach 28,000 runs in international cricket and be only behind Sachin Tendulkar in the all-time list.

The 37-year-old crossed 28,000 runs in his 624th innings, by hitting a boundary off leg-spinner Adithya Ashok, taking 20 innings less than Tendulkar while Sri Lanka’s Kumar Sangakkara, only the third player in the elite run club, took 666th innings.

“Honestly, if we were batting first today, I would have probably gone harder. Because there was a........

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