Virat Kohli has gradually been moving toward a few records set by Sachin Tendulkar and in fact, some of them are already in his bag.
Getting it right, it means all Kohli’s records are not replicas of Tendulkar’s records since the later has some which Kohli has not attained yet but the likes of Kohli are setting new records and it is a matter of time when one of Tendulkar’s biggest records is broken in the sport.
On 11th September 2023, Kohli yet again smashed a record held by Tendulkar, wreaking havoc to put India to their highest ever victory over Pakistan in ODIs during the Asia Cup held at Colombo (RPS).
With Kohli (122) and KL Rahul (111), India romped to a comfortable win of 228 runs, courtesy of a massive 233 run partnership that helped India pile up 356/2 in 50 overs.
Pakistani innings was all over for 128 runs even in the duration of the 50 overs in the match.
This monumental win was India’s greatest victory against Pakistan in the One Day International format.
Kohli also became the second fastest player in the world to complete 13,000 runs in ODIS during the match doing it in 267 innings, Tendulkar had reached the mark in 321 innings.
Kohli scored 77th international century when he helped India is victory’s chase and was his 47th ODI centuary in the same match.
Batting in furtherance of what can be referred to as the unassailable 357, the batsmen of Pakistan’s team were nowhere near their best, managing to make only as many as nerves most of them had, while a couple of noteworthy players, Naseem Shah and Haris Rauf had not participated due to injuries.
Coming to the last three hundred forty five, its India’s chinaman, who rolled his arms over, Yadav the left handed wrist spinner has triggered the wicket frenzy n scalped 5 in the genital 25.
The match spanned two days from September 10, and a reserve day was made use on account of rain.
All of these have been high stakes contests, and such matches have placed Kohli in the fray even with not assisting the team in the way of batting and scoring runs. On many occasions, these have been crucial points of time when India has been able to convert these matches, more importantly out of these’
Matches between India and Pakistan are considered the greatest fights in cricket and Kohli has been a great part of those battles in the last decade. His abounding record and aggressiveness wrapped with calmness has made him a nightmare for the Pakistan cricket team. Who would not be scared of Kohli while he had the bat in hand?
Kohli’s critics have almost disappeared when it comes to the thorny matches between India and Pakistan. India’s Kohli has been the spearhead since the dawn of this bitter rivalry. In and out performance is a part of everyplayer’s career, but he has several and more authors the empirical cases on the contrary – his performance level is consistently and relatively always high, making him a dreadful foe for Pakistan in the ground.
