Mohammed Shami and Virat Kohli. | (Credits: X)
Team India cricketers Mohammed Shami, Arshdeep Singh, Shreyas Iyer and Kuldeep Yadav congratulated Virat Kohli ahead of his 300th ODI on Sunday during the Champions Trophy 2025 clash against New Zealand in Dubai. Star Sports released a video of the same on their social media accounts as the match was drawing closer.
The former skipper has become the seventh Indian cricketer to play 300 ODIs as the Men in Blue face New Zealand on Sunday, joining Sachin Tendulkar, Rahul Dravid, MS Dhoni, Mohammad Azharuddin, Sourav Ganguly and Yuvraj Singh. The Delhi-born cricketer is also coming off a hundred against Pakistan and should be confident of performing well against the Black Caps.
Below is the video of fellow Indian cricketers wishing Kohli ahead of his landmark ODI:
Team India lose top three as New Zealand opt to bowl first in Dubai
Meanwhile, the Men in Blue have already lost Shubman Gill as right-arm seamer Matt Henry trapped him lbw with a nip-backer. The vice-captain opted for the DRS but lost the review. Later, Kyle Jamieson dismissed Rohit Sharma, while Hnery
New Zealand playing XI: Will Young, Rachin Ravindra, Kane Williamson, Daryl Mitchell, Tom Latham (wk), Glenn Phillips, Michael Bracewell, Mitchell Santner (c), Matt Henry, Kyle Jamieson, William ORourke
Team India playing XI: Rohit Sharma (c), Shubman Gill, Virat Kohli, Shreyas Iyer, Axar Patel, KL Rahul (wk), Hardik Pandya, Ravindra Jadeja, Mohammed Shami, Kuldeep Yadav, Varun Chakravarthy.
The winner of this match will play Australia in the semi-final, while the team losing will face South Africa.
