WTC 2023 / Rohit-Virat will shatter MS Dhoni's big record, Yuvraj Singh number 1

Vikrant Shekhawat : Jun 02, 2023, 05:54 PM
WTC 2023: Team India captain Rohit Sharma and former captain Virat Kohli will once again be seen playing together on the field. In IPL, these two players were against each other, but now they will be seen supporting each other together. Team India's playing XI may be in a mess in the World Test Championship final, but it is sure that Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli will play. Meanwhile, when Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli will take the field at The Oval on June 7 at around 3 pm, the excitement will be at its peak, while both these players will destroy a big record of former captain of the Indian team, MS Dhoni. Will give Right now MS Dhoni and Virat Kohli are on par. However, even after this match, Khabbu batsman Yuvraj Singh, who is called Sixer of Team India, will remain at number one. Perhaps you are thinking that what is this record, then let us tell you.

Yuvraj Singh is the player to have played the most ICC finals for Team India.

Team India is going to play the final of the ICC tournament once again. The special thing is that the player of Team India who has played the most number of ICC finals is Yuvraj Singh, who has seven finals to his name, while Rohit Sharma, Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma have played five ICC finals so far. As soon as these two enter the next match, their number of finals will be six and MS Dhoni will be left behind. Yuvraj Singh played his first ICC final in the year 2000. After this, he played the final of the ICC Champions Trophy in the year 2002 and after that he was also a part of Team India in the 2003 ODI World Cup. After this, he was a member of the Indian team in the 2007 T20 World Cup, the 2011 World Cup and the 2014 T20 World Cup, as well as the 2017 Champions Trophy. No one has played so many ICC finals for Team India till date. After this comes the number of MS Dhoni. MS Dhoni played his first ICC final in the year 2007 when he faced Pakistan in the T20 World Cup. After this, played the 2011 World Cup and was also present in the final of the T20 World Cup in 2014. He was also playing for the Indian team in the 2013 Champions Trophy and the 2017 Champions Trophy.

Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli have played these ICC tournament finals so far

Now let's understand the words of Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma. Virat Kohli played the ODI World Cup for the first time in the year 2011 and the Indian team reached its final as well. After this, played the final of T20 World Cup in the year 2014, Champions Trophy of the year 2013, Champions Trophy of the year 2017 and World Test Championship in the year 2021. Rohit Sharma played the final of the T20 World Cup in the year 2007, followed by the final of the T20 World Cup in the year 2014, in the year 2013 he was also a part of the Indian team in the Champions Trophy. Rohit Sharma was also seen playing in the ICC Champions Trophy 2017 and the World Test Championship final. That is, Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma have played the final of five ICC tournaments so far and now it is the turn of the sixth. In this way MS Dhoni's record will be broken, but it will take some more time to beat Yuvraj Singh.

Ravindra Jadeja and Ravi Ashwin can also break the record of Sachin Tendulkar

After this, if we talk about the rest of the players, Sachin Tendulkar has played four finals, Ravindra Jadeja has four, Ravichandran Ashwin has four, Harbhajan Singh has four and Zaheer Khan has four ICC finals. Of these, Ravindra Jadeja and Ravichandran Ashwin are currently playing and have also been selected for the WTC final. It has to be seen that if both of them or one of them play the final, then the number of finals will also be five, that is, these players can break Sachin Tendulkar's record, but for this they will have to wait till 3 pm on June 7.

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