Virat Kohli Got 71 PoTM Awards In International Cricket: Indian cricket team’s veteran batsman Virat Kohli played a brilliant inning in the first ODI against New Zealand. He was given the Player of the Match award for the 71st time. In the first ODI of the year played in Vadodara, Virat scored 93 runs on 91 balls. Thanks to this explosive inning of Kohli, India defeated New Zealand by 4 wickets and took a 1-0 lead in the three-match series. During this period, Virat has also completed the fastest 28 thousand runs in international cricket. During this he broke the record of Sachin Tendulkar. However, Virat missed his 85th international century by seven runs.

Virat Kohli sends award to his mother

In the presentation ceremony after the match, Virat Kohli was asked whether he himself knows how many ‘Player of the Match’ awards he has, to which Kohli replied, ‘To be honest, I have no idea. I send all my player of the match awards to my mother. He loves holding awards.

‘I always had confidence in my abilities’

Virat Kohli said in the presentation ceremony, ‘If I look at my entire journey, it is no less than a dream come true for me. I always believed in my abilities, I have worked very hard to get where I am today. God has given me a lot and I am very thankful from my heart, I feel proud. If I am completely honest, I am not thinking about milestones. If we were batting first, I would have worked harder, experience matters.

Virat Kohli broke many records

Virat Kohli completed 28,000 runs in international cricket in the first ODI against New Zealand. He achieved this feat in just 624 innings. He has left behind Sachin Tendulkar (644 innings) and Kumar Sangakkara (666 innings). With 28,017 runs, Virat overtook Sangakkara’s figure of 28,016 runs and became the second highest run scorer in international cricket. Only Sachin Tendulkar is ahead of him, who has 34,357 runs.

Virat Kohli has completed 28,000 runs in international cricket. He is only the third batsman in the world to achieve this milestone. He created history by scoring 25 runs in the first ODI match between India vs New Zealand played in Vadodara. He has left behind Sachin Tendulkar in terms of scoring the fastest 28 thousand international runs.

Virat Kohli made world record

Till now, the record of scoring the fastest 28 thousand runs in international cricket was in the name of Sachin Tendulkar, who had done so in 644 innings. Whereas Virat Kohli has achieved this milestone in the 624th inning of his career. Virat has touched this historic figure in 20 less innings than Tendulkar. Apart from Virat and Sachin, Kumar Sangakkara of Sri Lanka is the third batsman who has scored more than 28 thousand runs in international cricket.

fastest 28000 runs

• 624 innings – Virat Kohli
• 644 innings – Sachin Tendulkar
• 666 innings – Kumar Sangakkara

Most runs in international cricket

Virat Kohli has come second in terms of scoring most runs in international cricket. Kumar Sangakkara had scored a total of 28,016 runs in international cricket. Virat Kohli had to score 41 more runs to overtake him. The highest number of runs in international cricket is in the name of Sachin Tendulkar, who scored 34,357 runs in his historic career.

• 34,357 runs – Sachin Tendulkar
• 28,017+ runs – Virat Kohli
• 28,016 runs – Kumar Sangakkara

Virat Kohli has retired from Test and T20 cricket. He scored 9230 runs in his career of 123 Test matches, on the other hand, he scored 4188 runs in 125 T20 matches. He has scored more than 14,600 runs in ODI cricket. He has already made the record of being the second highest run scoring batsman in the history of ODI cricket.

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Rohit Sharma has created history in the third ODI against South Africa. Rohit Sharma has completed 20 thousand runs in international cricket after scoring 27 runs in the third ODI being played in Visakhapatnam. Rohit has become the fourth Indian batsman to do so. Before Rohit, only Sachin Tendulkar, Virat Kohli and Rahul Dravid have done this.

Rohit Sharma, playing his 505th match in international cricket, created history in the 15th over against South Africa. Rohit has now scored more than 20 thousand runs in Test, ODI and T20 International combined. Rohit is looking in great form. He is close to his half-century. Rohit had scored a brilliant fifty in the first match of this series.

Rohit Sharma became the 14th cricketer in the world to score 20 thousand runs.

Rohit Sharma is the 14th cricketer to complete 20 thousand runs in international cricket. Before him, Sachin Tendulkar, Kumar Sangakkara, Virat Kohli, Ricky Ponting, Mahela Jayawardene, Jacques Kallis, Rahul Dravid, Brian Lara, Joe Root, Sanath Jayasuriya, Shivnarine Chanderpaul, Inzamam Ul Haq and AB de Villiers have done this.

Indians who have scored the most runs in international cricket

34357 runs – Sachin Tendulkar
27910 runs – Virat Kohli
24208 runs – Rahul Dravid
20000* runs – Rohit Sharma

India has a target of 271 runs

Team India has got the target of 271 runs in the third ODI being played in Visakhapatnam. Looking at the way Rohit Sharma and Yashasvi Jaiswal are batting, it seems certain that India will win the series. In this decisive match, Kuldeep Yadav and Prasidh Krishna took 4-4 wickets for India. Till the time of writing the news, India’s score is close to 100 without losing any wicket. The first match of this series was won by the Indian team. After this, the South African team had won in the second match.

Virat Kohli Hits 52 ODI Century In Ranchi: The first match of the three-match ODI series between India and South was played on Sunday i.e. November 30, 2025 at the JSCA International Stadium Complex, Ranchi. In this match, former Indian captain Rohit Sharma looked very happy after Team India’s star batsman Virat Kohli scored his 52nd century of his ODI career. After Virat achieved this feat by hitting a four off Marco Janssen, Rohit was seen clapping in the balcony of the dressing room. Kohli played an inning of 135 runs in 120 balls against South Africa in Ranchi, taking India to a huge score of 349/8.

Rohit Sharma also scored a half century

Former Indian captain Rohit Sharma could not convert the good start into a big score and was out after scoring 57 runs in the 22nd over off the ball of Yansen. In which he hit 5 fours and 3 sixes. However, these experienced players looked very happy to see their teammate achieving the feat and their reaction on the century celebration is quickly going viral on social media.

A leap of joy

A thoroughly entertaining innings from Virat Kohli

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Many records made in Ranchi ODI

• Virat’s century in Ranchi ODI has made him number one in the list of batsmen who have scored most centuries in a single format. Kohli has left behind Sachin Tendulkar’s record of 51 centuries.
• This was also Kohli’s 83rd century in international cricket. Virat is now 17 centuries behind Sachin, who has 100 centuries in international cricket.
• This century scored by Virat also became the 7000th century in men’s international cricket.
• Rohit and Virat made a partnership of 136 runs for the second wicket, which was the 20th century partnership between them in ODI cricket. With this, he has now reached second place in the list of players who have made the most century partnerships in the world.
• Rohit Sharma has created history by breaking the record of most sixes hit by former Pakistani player Shahid Afridi in ODIs. Rohit left behind Afridi’s 351 sixes, which was the record since 2015.
• The former captain needed only three sixes before the match to overtake Afridi, who held this record with 351 sixes in 369 innings. At the same time, Rohit broke the record of the former Pakistani all-rounder in 100 less innings and now he has 352 sixes in his name in 269 innings.

Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli’s unbeaten 168-run partnership led India to a 9-wicket win over Australia. Rohit returned unbeaten after scoring 121 runs and Virat 74 runs. Thanks to the strong innings of Virat-Rohit, Team India had achieved the target of 237 runs with 69 balls remaining. During this period, both of them together have destroyed many records.

Rohit and Virat broke 7 big records

Most ODI centuries against Australia- Rohit Sharma has become equal to Sachin Tendulkar in terms of scoring most centuries in ODIs against Australia. This was his 9th century against the Kangaroo team, Sachin had also scored 9 centuries in ODI against Australia. Whereas Virat is at second place in this matter with 8 centuries.

Most centuries as an opener- Rohit Sharma has now scored 45 centuries as an opener in international cricket. In this matter he has reached the level of Sachin Tendulkar (45). The record for scoring most centuries as an opener in international cricket is in the name of David Warner, who scored 49 centuries.

Rohit-Kohli 100+ partnership- Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma have made partnerships of more than 100 runs 19 times in ODI cricket. Among the pairs that have made a partnership of 100+ runs, Rohit-Kohli is now behind only Tillakaratne Dilshan-Kumar Sangakkara (20) and Sachin Tendulkar-Sourav Ganguly (26).

Highest score of 50+ while chasing- Virat Kohli has now become the batsman to score the most 50+ while chasing in ODIs. This was his 70th innings of chasing in ODI, whereas Sachin Tendulkar had done so 69 times.

Most runs in ODI- Virat Kohli has now become the second highest run scorer in ODI cricket. While playing an inning of 74 runs, Virat has left Kumar Sangakkara (14234) behind. Virat has now scored 14,255 runs. Now only Sachin Tendulkar (18,426) is ahead of him.

50 centuries in international cricket- Rohit Sharma has now become only the third Indian to score 50 centuries in Test, ODI and T20 combined. Before him, only Sachin Tendulkar (100 centuries) and Virat Kohli (82) have been able to do this.

Record of playing most matches together- Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli have equaled Rahul Dravid and Sachin Tendulkar in terms of playing most number of matches together in international cricket. This was Virat-Rohit’s 391st international match together, Sachin-Dravid had also played the same number of matches together.

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