Zoom News : Nov 14, 2023, 01:50 PM
IND vs NZ: The Indian team performed brilliantly in the league matches of the ODI World Cup 2023. Now the team will face New Zealand in the semi-finals on 15 November. In this match, once again all eyes are going to be on Virat Kohli who has performed brilliantly in the mega event so far. In this World Cup, Kohli has scored 594 runs in 9 matches at an average of 99 and during this period, he has also seen 2 brilliant century innings with his bat. Everyone is expecting a big innings from Kohli again in the semi-final match and if he succeeds in doing so, he will create two new records in world cricket.Kohli's eyes on Sachin's 2 recordsThis World Cup has been very good for Virat Kohli so far. In the match against South Africa, Kohli was successful in scoring a century even on a difficult pitch for batting. Now, if Kohli scores a century in the semi-final match, he will create a new record in world cricket by breaking Sachin Tendulkar's two great records with one innings. In ODIs, Kohli is currently tied with Sachin in terms of centuries, in which both have 49-49 centuries. In such a situation, if Kohli scores a century in the semi-finals, he will become the first player to score 50 centuries in ODI cricket. With this innings, Kohli will also break Sachin's record of most runs in a single edition of the World Cup. Sachin had scored 673 runs in the 2003 World Cup and Kohli needs only 80 runs to break this figure.Kohli has a great average in WankhedeThis semi-final match between India and New Zealand will be played at Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai. If we look at Virat Kohli's record on this ground, it is quite impressive. Batting in 7 innings at Wankhede, Kohli has so far scored 357 runs at an average of 59.50, which includes one century and 2 half-centuries. The only century innings played by Kohli on this ground came in the match against New Zealand in the year 2017, but in this match the Indian team had to face defeat by 6 wickets.