Milestone awaits Virat Kohli in Champions Trophy match against New Zealand | Cricket News

Virat Kohli (Photo Credit: BCCI video seize)

Fresh from his match-winning century against Pakistan in the Champions Trophy, Virat Kohli is ready to succeed in one other milestone when India face New Zealand in their concluding Group A fixture in Dubai on Sunday.
The match will probably be Kohli’s three hundredth ODI, making him solely the twenty second participant and seventh Indian to succeed in that many caps in 50-over internationals. Sachin Tendulkar’s 463 profession ODIs lead that checklist.

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With each India and New Zealand already by means of to the semifinals, the winner of Sunday’s sport will end on prime of Group A.
Kohli, who has already retired from T20Is, scored 100 not out to assist India beat Pakistan in their final match. It was the primary ODI century for the 36-year-old batting legend since November 2023.
“That (300) is a lot of ODI games and a lot of international games and he’s been… I mean words fall short to express how good a player he’s been and what a great servant of Indian cricket he’s been,” KL Rahul stated whereas speaking to reporters in Dubai on Friday.
“Really happy to see that he got the hundred (in the) last game and he’s been batting really well. For a player of his calibre, it was about time that he scores that big century and a match-winning century,” he added.
“Virat and Rohit (Sharma), they are the senior players and you are always looking up to them to step up and score when the big games come. Hopefully there’s many more hundreds left for him (Kohli) and many more games of international cricket.”

During his century against Pakistan, the 51st of his ODI profession, Kohli additionally crossed 14,000 ODI runs to hitch Sachin Tendulkar and Kumar Sangakkara as solely the third batter to perform the feat.
Talking about Kohli’s three hundredth ODI look, New Zealand all-rounder Michael Bracewell stated: “I think that’s obviously a massive achievement. Three hundred games across a career is very impressive and then to put that in just one format is amazing. I think it’s a testament to the way that he’s gone about his career.”
Bracewell performed with Kohli at Royal Challengers Bengaluru in the Indian Premier League and stated he was trying ahead to going through him on Sunday.
“I saw it first hand at Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB), how he sort of prepared for each match and it’s very impressive,” stated Bracewell, who has performed with Kohli in the Indian Premier League.