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It was a memorable Test match for captain Virat Kohli and Team India at Sir Vivian Richards Stadium here. Kohli joined an elite company of Indian cricketers during his 200-run knock. On way to his maiden Test double century, Kohli completed 12,000 runs in international cricket, across all three formats. He is the 8th Indian to reach the milestone. Overall in world cricket, he is the 51st batsman in the list.  Thanks to Kohli's dominating innings and Ravichandran Ashwin's all-round show (113 and 7 wickets), India thrashed West Indies by an innings and 92 runs on Sunday (July 24) for their biggest Test win outside of Asia. The 27-year-old Kohli is also the first Indian captain to score a double ton in an overseas Test. Kohli made his international cricket debut in 2008, in a One Day International against Sri Lanka in Dambulla and since then has emerged as one of the best batsmen .

In one of the most significant decisions in recent times, Hockey India Board named senior goalkeeper PR Sreejesh as the new captain of the national team for the Rio Olympics, removing long-time skipper Sardar Singh. Sreejesh, one of the finest player in world hockey at the moment, was rewarded captaincy under his leadership, that ended up with a silver medal at the blue riband six-nation Champions Trophy hockey tournament in London. ile photo of Sreejesh Reuters Sreejesh had a good tournament both as a player and captain as India had their best performance in the past 38 years of the tournament. The team played a brilliant final where they held with the champions Australia to a goalless draw in the regulation time before losing in a controversial shoot-out. Playmaker SV Sunil, who is also the trump component in the team, has been named vice-captain. Things fell in place for Sreejesh at the right time and went awey for Sardar, who has been going through a bad time both on an