Delhi: Virat Kohli, the great batsman of the Indian cricket team, made another big achievement on Sunday. He played his 300th ODI against New Zealand, making him the seventh Indian to achieve this position and the 18th player in the world. Although Kohli scored just 11 runs in this match, but despite this he made a unique record.
Virat Kohli has become the first player in international cricket history to play 100 Tests and 100 T20 matches along with 300 ODIs. So far 18 cricketers have played 300 ODIs, but none of these could have done the work of playing 100-100 matches in all three formats.
Virat Kohli’s ODI career
Before the 300th ODI against New Zealand, Kohli scored 14,085 runs in 299 matches at an average of 58.20 and a strike rate of 93.41. Kohli broke several records till he completed 14,000 runs in ODI cricket. He is the fastest 8,000 runs (175 innings), 9,000 runs (194 innings), 10,000 runs (205 innings), 11,000 runs (222 innings), 12,000 runs (242 innings), 13,000 runs (287 innings), 14,000 runs (299 innings).
India targets 250 runs
Batting first after losing the toss, the Indian team scored 249 runs losing 9 wickets in 50 overs. Shreyas Iyer scored the most 79 runs for India, while Hardik Pandya and Akshar Patel scored 45-45 runs. For New Zealand, Matt Henry took 5 wickets while bowling brilliantly.
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