Virat Kohli: Virat Kohli will create history on March 9! The biggest record of Champions Trophy is on the verge of being broken
The winner of the Champions Trophy will be decided on March 9, when the teams of India and New Zealand will face each other at the Dubai International Stadium. Virat Kohli can make a world record in this match.
Virat Kohli Runs in Champions Trophy: The final of the Champions Trophy will be played between India and New Zealand on March 9. The match is at Dubai International Cricket Stadium.
India qualified for the title battle by defeating Australia and New Zealand defeated South Africa in the semi-final match. After 25 years, these two teams are facing each other in the final of this tournament. Star Indian batsman Virat Kohli can make March 9 a historic day for himself. He is a few runs away from setting a world record.
Virat is on the verge of creating history
In fact, Virat Kohli can become the highest run scorer in the history of Champions Trophy in the match against New Zealand. He needs only 46 runs for this.
As soon as he scores this many runs, he will break the record of Chris Gayle, who remains the top run scorer in the history of this tournament with 791 runs. Virat has scored 746 runs in 17 matches so far, which includes one century and 6 half-centuries.
5 batsmen who scored the most runs in Champions Trophy
- Chris Gayle - 791 runs
- Virat Kohli - 746 runs
- Mahela Jayawardene - 742 runs
- Shikhar Dhawan - 701
- Kumar Sangakkara - 683 runs
He can become the first batsman to do so
Virat can not only break Chris Gayle's record and become the highest run scorer in the Champions Trophy, but he also has a chance to be the first to complete 800 runs in this tournament.
No batsman in the world has been able to reach this milestone. Virat Kohli has been in great form against Pakistan (100 not out) and Australia (84 runs). It is expected that he will be seen in the same form in the final as well.
Big achievement against Australia
36-year-old Kohli achieved a big feat in the semi-final match against Australia. He crossed the 8000 run mark in run-chases in ODIs. He took 159 innings to achieve this feat, becoming the second batsman to score so many runs while chasing a target in the 50-over format.
Sachin Tendulkar is in first place in terms of scoring the most runs while chasing a target. The Master Blaster has scored 8720 runs in 232 innings.
Rohit Sharma is third in this list with 6115 runs. Kohli is the fastest batsman to score 8000 runs during run-chases. He left Tendulkar behind in this matter.