Team India has entered the semi -finals, performing brilliantly in the Champions Trophy 2025. But he is yet to play a group phase match against New Zealand on Sunday. This match has no special significance in terms of tournament. But there is one thing that makes this match special.
The match will be the 300th ODI of Virat Kohli’s career. He will become only the 7th Indian player to do so. By achieving this feat, Kohli will have a chance to leave behind veterans like Sachin Tendulkar, Shikhar Dhawan and Chris Gayle. In this match, his goal will be on 7 records.
Will he be able to leave Virat Dhawan and Chris Gayle behind?
Virat Kohli’s first record against New Zealand will be of Shikhar Dhawan. Dhawan is the highest run -scorer for India in the history of Champions Trophy. He has scored 701 runs in 10 matches of this tournament. Virat Kohli has scored 651 runs in 15 matches of the Champions Trophy. As soon as he scored 51 against New Zealand, he will leave Dhawan behind and become the highest run -scorer for India.
Talking about the overall record in the Champions Trophy, Chris Gayle is the number 1 in terms of scoring the most runs. He has scored 791 runs in 17 matches in this tournament. Virat Kohli will have to score 141 against New Zealand to break this record.
Will Virat Kohli leave Sachin and Sehwag behind?
Virat Kohli will also have a chance to leave India’s great batsman Sachin Tendulkar behind in his 300th ODI. Sachin holds the record for scoring the most runs against New Zealand. He has scored 1750 runs in 42 ODIs. Virat Kohli has so far scored 1645 runs in 31 matches against the Kiwi team and he will go ahead by breaking Sachin’s record as soon as he scored 106 runs.
If Virat Kohli overtakes Sachin after scoring 106 runs, then he will also break Virender Sehwag’s record. Sehwag holds the record of scoring the most centuries in ODIs against New Zealand. He scored 6 centuries in 23 matches, while Virat Kohli has equaled him. This means that once he scored a century, he will become the highest century batsman against New Zealand.
Will he be able to achieve this feat by defeating Ganguly and Dravid?
In the Champions Trophy, Kohli will have a chance to break at least one record of Dhawan as well as former Indian captain and BCCI President Sourav Ganguly and former Indian coach Rahul Dravid. All three players are the highest score of 50+ in the Champions Trophy. Dhawan, Ganguly and Dravid have achieved this feat 6-6 times. Kohli has surpassed everyone in this matter. Now as soon as he crosses the 50 -run figure in his 300th ODI, he will leave these three veterans behind.
Most runs and catch
Virat Kohli, playing an innings of 100 runs in the last match, crossed the 14,000 -run mark in the ODI. So far, he has scored 14085 runs in 299 matches. Now if Kohli succeeds in scoring 150 runs against the Kiwi team, then he will leave behind Kumar Sangakkara and become the second highest run -scorer in this format. Let us tell you that Sangakkara has scored 14234 runs in 404 matches.
Apart from this, Virat Kohli will have a chance to achieve this feat in his 300th ODI. In fact, he has caught 158 catches in ODIs so far. If he takes 3 catches against New Zealand, he will overtake Ricky Ponting. He will also become the second player to take the most catches in ODIs. Ponting has taken 160 catches in this format.
