Virat Kohli, of India, hits 4 on the primary day of the second Check cricket match between India and West Indies at Queen’s Park Oval in Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago, July 20, 2023.
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Virat Kohli grew to become the quickest batter and third man to achieve 14,000 runs in One-day Worldwide cricket earlier than hitting a record-extending 51st century within the ODI format.
Kohli hit an unbeaten century as India gained towards Pakistan by six wickets, placing them on the point of reaching the Champions Trophy semifinals.
Pakistan reached 241 after successful the toss and selecting to bat first, with Saud Shakeel scoring 62, and Muhammad Rizwan adopted with 46. Khushdil Shah hoisted the overall with a late cameo, smashing 38 off 39 balls
Spinner Kuldeep Yadav completed with 3-40, whereas Hardik Pandya’s 8 overs introduced him 2-31.
Pakistan’s hopes shone when a yorker from left-arm Shaheen Afridi swung into India captain Rohit Sharma’s center stump within the fifth over.
Nonetheless, Kohli guided them to the goal from that time, making his 51st ODI century.
Abrar Ahmed dismissed Shubman Gill for 46, Shreyas Iyer made 56, however Kohli’s century off 111 balls, together with 7 fours, guided India residence with 45 balls to spare.
With two runs left for victory and Kohli on 96, he hit a robust drive off Khushdil for 4 to ship the India followers wild on the Dubai Worldwide Stadium.
India has two victories from its opening two group matches and is on high of Group A, whereas Pakistan misplaced each and is on the foot of the desk.
In 17 ODI innings towards Pakistan, Kohli has scored 778 runs at a median of 59.84, together with 4 centuries.
No India participant with 500-plus ODI runs within the format averages extra towards Pakistan.
Kohli scored greater than 14,000 ODI runs in 63 fewer innings than his idol Sachin Tendulkar, the main run-scorer within the format.
Tendulkar’s 18,426 ODI runs may show simply out of attain for Kohli, however he’s effectively inside hanging distance of Sri Lanka’s Kumar Sangakkara, who’s second on the all-time listing with 14,234.
One report Kohli bagged was the most ODI catches for India as he reached his 158th and leaped forward of Mohammad Azharuddin (156) and into the high spot.
