World Cup 2023 Virat Kohli: Kohli became the highest run scorer in ODI, broke Sachin’s 20-year-old record
Team India’s star batsman Virat Kohli has created history in the ODI format. He has broken the record of 49 centuries of great batsman Sachin Tendulkar. Kohli has gone ahead of Sachin by scoring a century against New Zealand. This is the 50th century of his career. This is Kohli’s third century in this World Cup.
India’s legendary batsman Virat Kohli has made a big record in his name in international cricket. He became the batsman with the highest run-scorer in the World Cup. Kohli achieved this feat by scoring 80 runs against New Zealand in the World Cup semi-final match at the Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai on Wednesday (November 15).
Kohli played an innings of 117 runs in 113 balls. This powerful batsman of Team India has also broken Sachin Tendulkar’s record of 49 centuries. This is Virat’s third century in this World Cup. He has also become the batsman who has scored the most runs in any one World Cup. Sachin Tendulkar scored 673 runs in the 2003 World Cup. Kohli has crossed this figure.
Kohli made many records in this inning. He has become one of the batsmen who have scored the highest number of 50-plus scores in the history of international cricket. Sachin has 264 50-plus scores in his name. At the same time, Kohli has scored 217 plus. Kohli hit 9 fours and 2 sixes in his innings. His strike rate was around 104.