Virat Kohli masterminded one more chase for India taking down the goal of 265 set by Australia within the semi-final of the ICC Champions Trophy 2025 on Tuesday.
Coming early within the fifth over after Shubman Gill fell early to Ben Dwarshuis, Kohli scored 84 runs in 98 balls with 5 fours and obtained out within the forty third over with the staff in a cushty place. India chased down the goal within the forty ninth over with KL Rahul and Ravindra Jadeja guiding the staff to the ultimate.
Recognized for his impeccable method throughout run chases, Virat centered on rotating the strike in the course of the center overs towards Australia spinners Adam Zampa, Cooper Connolly, and Tanveer Sangha.
Kohli took 56 singles in his innings, which made up 67% of his complete rating of 84. He performed 33 dot balls from the 98 balls he performed, scoring on 65 balls. He was concerned in three main partnerships: Shreyas Iyer (91 runs from 111 balls), Axar Patel (44 runs from 52 balls), and KL Rahul (47 runs from 46 balls).
Extremely, as per the statistic confirmed by the published, with 56 singles Kohli prolonged his lead for taking probably the most runs by way of ones in ODIs since January 2000. He tops the record with 5,870 singles adopted by Kumar Sangakkara of Sri Lanka with 5,688.
The chase was constructed on the strike rotation in the course of the center overs towards the spinners as Kohli led from the entrance.
Here’s a breakdown of how Kohli approached the chase and every partnership:
Kohli scored 84 runs in 98 balls with 56 singles, 4 doubles, and 5 fours. He took 47 singles within the center overs (11-40 overs), 5 singles within the first powerplay (1-10 overs), and 4 singles within the final powerplay earlier than getting dismissed.
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Kohli and Iyer: After Rohit Sharma obtained out to Connolly within the eighth over, Kohli together with Iyer stitched a 91-run partnership for the third wicket. It was a hard-working partnership with each gamers working a complete of 51 singles (Kohli 24 and Shreyas 27) within the 111-ball partnership continually rotating the strike.
Kohli and Axar: For the fourth-wicket partnership, Kohli and Axar made 44 runs in 52 balls. The duo ran a complete of 24 singles with Kohli (13 singles) rotating the strike and Axar scoring a few essential boundaries.
Kohli and Rahul: KL Rahul and Kohli stitched a complete of 47 runs in 46 balls with Kohli once more taking the anchor function and rotating the strike whereas Rahul went after the bowlers hitting two fours and one six.
