India defeated Pakistan by 6 wickets thanks to Virat Kohli’s brilliant century in the high-voltage match of the Champions Trophy.
Virat Kohli scored his fourth century against Pakistan in this match and the 51st century of his ODI career.
Virat Kohli scored 100 runs off 111 balls with the help of 7 fours and remained unbeaten. He was awarded the Man of the Match award for his brilliant batting.
His wife and Bollywood actress Anushka Sharma’s reaction to Virat Kohli’s brilliant batting has also come to light.
Anushka Sharma posted a picture of Virat Kohli on her Instagram story and also shared a heart and hand emoji.
It should be noted that Virat Kohli has crossed another important milestone in ODI cricket in today’s match
Virat Kohli completed 14,000 runs in ODI cricket in the match against Pakistan in the ICC Champions Trophy. Virat Kohli is the third batsman to cross this milestone.
Before Virat Kohli, Sachin Tendulkar and Kumar Sangakkara have also scored 14,000 ODI runs.
Kohli has crossed this milestone in 287 innings, becoming the fastest player to score 14,000 runs. Sachin Tendulkar achieved this feat in 350 and Sangakkara in 378 innings.
Indian captain Rohit Sharma snatches important honor from Sachin Tendulkar
Indian cricket team captain Rohit Sharma snatched an important honor from former legendary cricketer Sachin Tendulkar.
Captain Rohit Sharma achieved the honor of becoming the opener to score 9,000 runs in ODI cricket in the Champions Trophy group match against Pakistan at the Dubai International Cricket Stadium on Sunday.
37-year-old Rohit Sharma crossed the milestone by completing his first run in the match against Pakistan, after which he became the sixth opener to score 9,000 runs in ODIs.
Earlier, great batsmen like Sachin Tendulkar, Sanath Jayasuriya, Chris Gayle, Adam Gilchrist and Sourav Ganguly have scored more than 9,000 runs in the opening position.
However, the special thing is that Rohit surpassed all the batsmen and completed the fastest 9000 runs in ODIs, he achieved this feat as an opener in just 181 ODI innings.
Earlier, this record was held by Sachin Tendulkar, who completed 9000 runs in 197 innings as an opener.
It should be noted that in the high-voltage match of the Champions Trophy, thanks to Virat Kohli’s brilliant century, India defeated Pakistan by 6 wickets.
Chasing a target of 242 runs, Kohli scored an unbeaten 100 runs. Captain Rohit was out for 20 runs.
Kohli breaks 25-year-old record in ODI cricket
Indian cricketer Virat Kohli broke the 25-year-old record for most catches by an Indian in ODIs.
Virat Kohli achieved this feat by catching Naseem Shah off Kuldeep Yadav in the 47th over of the match against Pakistan in the ICC Champions Trophy in Dubai on Sunday.
This was Kohli’s 157th catch in ODI cricket, with which he broke former captain Mohammad Azharuddin’s 25-year-old record.
Mohammad Azharuddin took 156 catches in 334 ODIs until his retirement in 2000.
Kohli also caught Khushdil Shah in the last over in the match against Pakistan.
Kohli has now taken 158 catches in 299 matches, making him the fielder with the most catches in ODIs for India.
It should be noted that the world record for the most catches in ODI cricket is held by former Sri Lankan captain Mahela Jayawardene, who took 218 catches in 448 matches.
The second place in this list is occupied by former Australian captain Ricky Ponting, who took 160 catches in 375 matches, while the third place is occupied by Kohli.
