Star batsman of the Indian cricket team, Virat Kohli, has started the ongoing five-match ODI series against New Zealand in a very magnificent and explosive manner. In the match played at the Auckland ground, Virat Kohli displayed his brilliant batting prowess by playing a superb and match-winning innings of 74 runs in just 51 balls. On the strength of this blistering innings, Virat Kohli not only strengthened his team but also engraved many big and historical records in his name at an individual level. Along with this 74-run innings played at the Auckland ground, Virat Kohli has successfully completed the historical figure of 13000 runs while batting at the number-three position in the ODI format. With this big achievement, he has equaled star player Babar Azam of the Pakistan team in a special and major matter, due to which the eyes of Indian fans are now fixed on when Kohli will leave him behind and fully capture the number-one chair.
Records against New Zealand and competition with Babar Azam
Virat Kohli's batting performance in international cricket against New Zealand has always been very brilliant and inspiring. Looking at the figures against the Kiwi team, Virat Kohli has stepped onto the field in a total of 61 matches combining all three formats of cricket so far. 66. In this long and brilliant career against New Zealand, a total of 10 century and 17 half-century innings have been seen from the bat of Virat Kohli. This clearly means that Virat Kohli has played a total of 27 fifty-plus run innings against New Zealand in international cricket. Similarly, 22 half-century and 5 century innings, meaning a total of 27 fifty-plus run innings, have been seen from the bat of Pakistani batsman Babar Azam in international cricket against New Zealand. Now the situation has become such that Virat Kohli will leave Babar Azam behind and capture the number-one chair in this special matter as soon as he plays one more fifty-plus run innings against New Zealand. Let us also tell you that former captain of the Australian team, Ricky Ponting, also has 27 fifty-plus run innings recorded against New Zealand in international cricket.
Top players playing most fifty plus innings against New Zealand
Many great batsmen of the world are included in the list of players who have played the highest number of fifty-plus run innings against New Zealand in international cricket.
- Babar Azam (Pakistan) - 27 fifty-plus run innings (63 innings played)
- Virat Kohli (India) - 27 fifty-plus run innings (74 innings played)
- Ricky Ponting (Australia) - 27 fifty-plus run innings (77 innings played)
- Joe Root (England) - 26 fifty-plus run innings (77 innings played)
- Sachin Tendulkar (India) - 25 fifty-plus run innings (80 innings played)
- Jacques Kallis (South Africa) - 24 fifty-plus run innings (76 innings played)
Kohli approaching to break this special record of Sachin Tendulkar
Virat Kohli, who is himself known all over the world for continuously playing big and long innings in his long career, has registered a total of 89 century partnerships in the ODI format so far. With this brilliant figure, he's still in second place in terms of making the most century partnerships in the ODI format after legendary batsman Sachin Tendulkar, while a total of 99 century partnerships are recorded in the ODI format in the name of Sachin Tendulkar, who is called the God of cricket, and now Virat Kohli is rapidly reaching very close to breaking this historical record of Sachin Tendulkar on the strength of his brilliant form. Indian cricket lovers and sports experts are fully expecting that Virat Kohli will continue his brilliant performance in the upcoming matches and engrave all these big records in his name, making the country proud. This brilliant form and consistency of his on the field is paving the way to make even bigger records in the upcoming matches, which is further strengthening his greatness in the cricket world.