Virat Kohli Hold Unique Record of ODI Cricket vs Pak Champions Trophy: India’s star batsman Virat Kohli won another record (Virat Kohli Record) in the current ICC Champions Trophy against Pakistan (Virat Kohli Century vs Pak). He has become the first player to score an ODI century in all countries where he has played ODI cricket. At Dubai International Stadium, Virat scored an unbeaten 100 in 111 balls, including his seven centuries. Now, Virat has scored ODI centuries in all 10 countries where he has played ODI cricket: Australia, Bangladesh, England, New Zealand, South Africa, Sri Lanka, UAE, West Indies, Zimbabwe and India.
Players scoring ODI centuries in 10 or more countries
Virat Kohli has joined veterans like Sanath Jayasuriya, Sachin Tendulkar and Chris Gayle, who has become the fourth player to score ODI centuries in 10 or more countries. According to Wisden, Gayle and Virat have scored ODI centuries in 10 countries, while Sachin and Sanath have scored ODI centuries in 12 countries.
Why is Virat’s record special
This record of Virat is special because he has scored centuries in the 10 countries in which he has played ODI cricket. At the same time, Sanath, Sachin and Gayle have failed to score centuries in some countries. Sanath could not score centuries in Zimbabwe, Kenya and Morocco, Sachin did not score centuries in Ireland, Kenya, Canada and West Indies, while Gail could not score centuries in Bangladesh, Ireland, Malaysia, Pakistan and Sri Lanka.
This was the match between India and Pakistan
In the Champions Trophy match between India and Pakistan, Pakistan won the toss and decided to bat first. Pakistan made a good start, Babar Azam (23 runs in 26 balls, five fours) made some great drives in a 41 -run opening partnership. However, Pakistan’s score increased to 47/2 after two wickets fell early.
Captain Mohammad Rizwan (46 runs in 77 balls, three fours) and Saud Shakeel (62 runs in 76 balls, five fours) shared 104 runs, but both faced more balls. Subsequently, Khushdil Shah (38 runs in 39 balls, two sixes) struggled with Salman Aga (19) and Naseem Shah (14), and Pakistan was reduced to 241 runs in 49.4 overs.
Chasing 242 runs, India lost captain Rohit Sharma (20 runs in 15 balls, three fours and a six) quickly. Subsequently, there was a 69 -run partnership between Shubman Gill (46 runs in 52 balls with the help of seven fours) and Virat Kohli (100 not out with seven fours in 111 balls). A 114 -run partnership between Virat and Iyer (56 runs with five fours and a six in 67 balls) gave India an easy win by six wickets and 45 balls remaining.
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