Delhi: After Virat Kohli’s brilliant innings against Pakistan in the ICC Champions Trophy 2025, his childhood coach Rajkumar Sharma looks very happy. Kohli, thanks to his 51st century in ODIs, won India by 6 wickets against arch -rivals Pakistan and played an important role in bringing the team to the semi -finals.
59 -year -old Rajkumar Sharma said in a conversation with PTI, “Now you will not ask that Virat is not in form.” Kohli had earlier scored his last century in ODI in November 2023, after which there were constant questions about his form.
Rajkumar said that the criticisms that were being done about Kohli’s form should now be closed. He said, “I have always been saying that he is a player of big matches and he proved it again today. He always performs brilliantly against strong teams. “
Let us know that during this innings, Kohli also completed 14000 runs in ODI cricket. He became the third batsman in the world to achieve this feat, before that only Sachin Tendulkar and Kumar Sangakkara have been able to do so.
Expressing pride in this, Sharma said, “It is a big achievement to complete 14000 runs in ODIs and a total of 82nd century in international cricket. We are proud of that he illuminated the name of the country and gave the whole country a chance to celebrate. “
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