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Virat Kohli, the master sculptor who shaped India’s Champions Trophy triumph — and earned redemption | Cricket News

Virat Kohli, the master sculptor who shaped India’s Champions Trophy triumph — and earned redemption | Cricket News

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Virat Kohli had just sought a review. But, his eyes hollow, he knew the irrevocable fate of his. Kohli grimaced, shook his head in angst and stared ruefully at the twilight skies. The day was not to be his, yet in a larger sense, the day was his too. After 12 years, he felt the lustre of the Champions Trophy. In this span, he had endured several nearly moments, teary nights when he left the stadium with a heavy heart of losses and spent the night sleepless on his bed. But this night in Dubai, he would sleep peacefully, probably cuddling the trophy’s replica. The aberration in the final, this was a tournament the master sculptor has helped chiselling. Donning a titular role in winning an ICC trophy has been like a revolver pointed at his head. He has conquered everything a cricketer could possibly do — love and adulation, respect and riches, countless trophies and individual milestones. In fact, he has won too much; everything cricketing-kind could offer him, the WTC mace aside. But …

‘When you leave, you want to leave the team in a better place’: Virat Kohli after Champions Trophy triumph | Cricket News

‘When you leave, you want to leave the team in a better place’: Virat Kohli after Champions Trophy triumph | Cricket News

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With a lot of speculations going around on his future, Virat Kohli indicated that he is going to stick around a little bit longer after India won a record 3rd Champions Trophy title defeating New Zealand in Dubai on Sunday. “It’s been amazing, we wanted to bounce back after a tough Australian tour, and wanted to win a big tournament, so to win the Champions Trophy is amazing. So much talent in the dressing room, they’re trying to take their game further and we’re just happy to be of help. Sharing our experience and that’s what makes this Indian team so strong,” Kohli said. With 218 runs in five innings, including a century against Pakistan and a match-winning fifty in semi-final against Australia, Kohli finished fifth on the batting charts of the tournament. Story continues below this ad He also said that the squad India have currently are ready to take on the world for the next 8 years. “Everyone has put up impactful performances, we’ve been part of an amazing team, the amount of …

ICC Champions Trophy: Amidst speculation about his future, Virat Kohli shows what makes him a chase-master in ODIs | Cricket News

ICC Champions Trophy: Amidst speculation about his future, Virat Kohli shows what makes him a chase-master in ODIs | Cricket News

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Where would India be without Virat Kohli in this ICC Champions Trophy? As they got one step closer to becoming the most successful team in the tournament’s history, for the second time in this edition, Kohli mastered a chase. Unlike the game against Pakistan where he remained unbeaten on 100, there was no century to show against Australia in Tuesday’s semi-final. But his 84 was an innings that sent a strong reminder to the world that Kohli isn’t going anywhere for now. If anything, with such knocks under pressure in the most challenging of conditions, he seems to be indicating a second wind in his career. Truth be told, Kohli looked all over the place in the first game against Bangladesh, who were able to pin him to the crease. After that knock, he trained for extra hours at the nets, facing local spin bowlers and in the sessions that followed, has been testing himself against the tweakers in the India squad. Before facing them, he would check what sort of field setting they are …

Virat Kohli’s 300th ODI: How Sachin Tendulkar, MS Dhoni and other Indians fared in milestone match with Champions Trophy connection | Cricket News

Virat Kohli’s 300th ODI: How Sachin Tendulkar, MS Dhoni and other Indians fared in milestone match with Champions Trophy connection | Cricket News

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India’s ace batter Virat Kohli is slated to play in his landmark 300th ODI during the Champions Trophy 2025 match against New Zealand in Dubai on Sunday. Kohli will achieve a world record of becoming the first player to feature in at least 300 ODIs, 100 Tests and 100 T20Is. The former India captain will be the 22nd player to achieve the landmark and the first player in six years since Chris Gayle to feature in 300 ODIs. Kohli will be the seventh Indian to reach the landmark of 300 ODIs. Interestingly, four of the previous six players achieved the milestone match during a Champions Trophy campaign. Mohammed Azharuddin’s 300th ODI Azharuddin’s 300th ODI was marked during the inaugural Champions Trophy edition in 1998, then called the ICC Knockout Trophy. Playing Australia in Dhaka, Azharuddin would, however, fall for a three-ball duck to Damien Fleming but India would march to a respectable score on the back of Sachin Tendulkar’s 141. India won the quarter-final tie by 44 runs as Tendulkar chipped in with the ball …

Virat Kohli’s 300th ODI: How many players have achieved milestone before India superstar’s world record appearance? | Cricket News

Virat Kohli’s 300th ODI: How many players have achieved milestone before India superstar’s world record appearance? | Cricket News

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Virat Kohli is set to appear in his 300th ODI match during the India vs New Zealand Champions Trophy 2025 league stage clash at the Dubai International Cricket Stadium in Dubai on Sunday. The 36-year-old Kohli will join an illustrious club of cricket legends to reach the 300-match milestone in ODIs and the first player in six years to cross the landmark. Kohli’s former IPL teammate and West Indies powerhouse Chris Gayle was the last player to feature in 300 ODIs, achieving the mark in August 2019 against India. Former India captain Mohammed Azharuddin was the first player ever to reach the milestone of 300 ODI matches. Azharuddin played his 300th ODI against Australia in October 1998 and also became the first player to cross 9000 runs in the format. Since Azharuddin, 20 other cricketers have featured in at least 300 ODI matches with India batting legend Sachin Tendulkar eventually topping the charts with 463 matches to his credit. Story continues below this ad Kohli’s world record in 300th ODI Kohli will be the seventh …

IND vs PAK: Virat Kohli becomes fastest to hit 14,000 ODI runs, breaks Sachin Tendulkar’s record | Cricket News

IND vs PAK: Virat Kohli becomes fastest to hit 14,000 ODI runs, breaks Sachin Tendulkar’s record | Cricket News

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India batter Virat Kohli became the fastest batter to reach 14,000 ODI runs during the Champions Trophy 2025 match against Pakistan at the Dubai International Cricket Stadium on Sunday. The 36-year-old Kohli surpassed Sachin Tendulkar (350 innings), by achieving the feat in only 287 innings. Kohli got to the landmark when he reached 15 runs in the chase against Pakistan. Kohli is only the third batter ever to reach the milestone after Tendulkar and Sri Lanka’s Kumar Sangakkara who crossed the milestone in 378 innings in 2015. The former India captain only took 10 innings to cross from 13,000 to 14,000. In September 2023, Kohli reached his 13,000th ODI run, incidentally while playing Pakistan in the Asia Cup in Colombo. Story continues below this ad Kohli then got to 13,000 in only 277 innings, 44 innings quicker than the previous record-holder in Tendulkar who got to the mark in 321 innings. Kohli then went on a tear in the ODI World Cup that year, as he broke Tendulkar’s record for most runs in a single …

‘I have always liked this tournament; it represents consistency’: Virat Kohli on Champions Trophy | Cricket News

‘I have always liked this tournament; it represents consistency’: Virat Kohli on Champions Trophy | Cricket News

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India batting stalwart Virat Kohli said to Star Sports that he has always liked the Champions Trophy as a tournament because it ensures that the participants have to be at their best from the beginning to have any chance of qualifying for the next round. With less number of matches, the Champions Trophy offers little scope for errors with one defeat might become very costly in the scheme of things. “The tournament is happening after a long time. I have always liked this tournament. It represents consistency as you have to be in the top 8 of the rankings (to qualify). The level of competition is always good,” Kohli said. “In ODI format, it creates the pressure of a T20 World Cup. There also you have three or four games in the league stage. If you don’t start well, you are under pressure. The pressure is from the first game itself and that is why I like it, you have to be at your best from game one,” he added. Story continues below this ad …

Virat Kohli needs to stop his senseless antics and improve his consistency before England tour: Ian Chappell | Cricket News

Virat Kohli needs to stop his senseless antics and improve his consistency before England tour: Ian Chappell | Cricket News

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With his Test spot coming under heavy criticism for arguably the first time in his career, India batter Virat Kohli has been urged to get rid of his “senseless” on-field gestures and rather focus on reviving his form by former Australia captain, Ian Chappell. Despite opening the Border-Gavaskar Trophy with a century in Perth last November, the 36-year-old Kohli’s series went from bad to worse as he fell prey to the off-side trap set adeptly by the Australian pacers. In eight of his nine innings on tour, Kohli fell caught-behind by the wicket-keeper or in the slip-cordon, ending the series with a lowly 190 runs at a 23.75 average. Kohli and captain Rohit Sharma have come under heavy criticism following the string of low-scores and a BGT series defeat after 10 years. The defeat in the fifth Test in Sydney also quashed India’s dreams of a third World Test Championship final, with Australia securing the berth. With India aiming at a transition starting the next WTC cycle which begins with a five-match tour to England …