By Admin 
The first match of the ODI series between India and New Zealand will be played on January 11 in Vadodara. For that, Virat Kohli has reached Vadodara, where the fans gave him a grand welcome, the video of which is going viral on social media. A huge crowd had gathered at the airport to see Virat Kohli and the fans cheered Kohli! Kohli! They welcomed him by raising slogans.
Virat Kohli was seen wearing a black T-shirt and dark glasses. At the airport, the security staff surrounded Virat Kohli, removed him from the crowd and took him to the car. People were seen shouting slogans of Kohli, Kohli to get a glimpse of Virat. Let us tell you that before Kohli, all-rounder Nitish Kumar Reddy has also reached Vadodara and other players are also expected to reach here soon.
India’s star batsman was recently seen playing for Delhi. He scored 208 runs in 2 matches for Delhi in the Vijay Hazare Trophy 2025-26 tournament. He scored 131 runs against Andhra and 77 runs against Gujarat. During this period, Virat had also completed 16,000 runs in List-A cricket. He has left Sachin Tendulkar behind in terms of scoring the fastest 16 thousand List-A runs.
#WATCH Gujarat: Former Indian Captain and Star Cricketer Virat Kohli arrives at Vadodara for Team India’s ODI match against New Zealand on 11th January. pic.twitter.com/cQbhCghMZy
— ANI (@ANI) January 7, 2026
Kohli is in very good form
Virat Kohli made a comeback in the series against Australia, where he was out without opening the account in the first 2 matches. But after that Virat’s bat has been scoring runs. In 3 ODI matches against South Africa, he scored 302 runs including 2 centuries and one half-century. He scored 208 runs in only 2 matches of Vijay Hazare Trophy.
Kohli is only 25 runs away from touching the mark of 28,000 runs in international cricket. By doing this, he will become only the third batsman in the world after Sachin Tendulkar and Kumar Sangakkara.
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