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Virat Kohli in motion throughout Champions Trophy 2025© AFP
Virat Kohli impressed everybody along with his batting because the star India batter slammed a sensational century in the course of the Champions Trophy 2025 encounter in opposition to Pakistan. It was a present of pure management by Virat who dominated the Pakistan bowlers and within the course of, he went on to interrupt a number of data beforehand belonging to legendary India batter Sachin Tendulkar. India tackle New Zealand of their subsequent Group A match on Sunday and Virat will as soon as once more have the possibility to realize a significant milestone. Kohli wants 105 runs to change into the main run-scorer amongst Indians in ODIs in opposition to New Zealand. Tendulkar at present tops the listing with 1750 runs with Ricky Ponting (1971) main general.
Virat can also be 85 runs away from turning into the fifth batter ever to attain 3000 or extra worldwide runs in opposition to New Zealand. The opposite batters within the listing are Sachin Tendulkar (3345), Ricky Ponting (3145), Jacques Kallis (3071) and Joe Root (3068).
In the meantime, former Australian captain Ricky Ponting believes Virat Kohli has the very best alternative to cement his legacy as the very best run-scorer in ODI historical past.
Kohli’s unbeaten century in opposition to Pakistan in Dubai on Sunday propelled him to No. 5 within the ICC ODI rankings and made him solely the third participant to surpass 14,000 runs in 50-over cricket. Having already overtaken Ponting on the all-time run charts, Kohli is now simply 149 runs away from second-placed Kumar Sangakkara. Nevertheless, he stays 4,341 runs behind Sachin Tendulkar, who tops the listing.
“With someone like Virat, you never write him off, because I’m sure he’d be motivated by that [achieving the record], I think,” Ponting stated on the ICC Assessment Podcast, as quoted from ESPNcricinfo.
“Now that he’s gone past me and only two ahead of him, I’m sure he wants to give himself the best chance to be remembered as the all-time leading run scorer in the game,” he added.
(With ANI inputs)
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