Virat Kohli completed his 51st ODI century by a four and secured a six wicket win for India during the Champions Trophy 2025 match against Pakistan.
His unbeaten century off 111 deliveries included 7 fours helped the side to secure their consecutive 6th victory against their arch rivals Pakistan.
During the match, Virat Kohli made several records of taking most catches for an Indian fielder in ODIs, completing his 14,000 ODI runs and first player to have 51 ODI centuries.
Kohli surpassed Mohammad Azharuddin in taking the most catches for an Indian fielder in ODIs. He surpassed former India captain’s tally of 156 catches. The other Indians on the list are Mohammad Azharuddin (156), Sachin Tendulkar (140), Rahul Dravid (124), and Suresh Raina (102).
He completed his 14,000 runs in his 287th innings 63 less that Saching who took 350 to do so.
Coming to the match, Babar Azam and Imam-ul-Haq had a decent start before Hardik Pandya picked the wicket of the former for 23 runs.
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During the 9th over of the match, Babar pushes at it thinking the cover drive was on, and gets an edge that KL Rahul pouches by getting low to his right.
In the very next over, Axar Patel picked the wicket of Imam-ul-Haq on a run out. Taking off for the single Axar charges in and hits the stumps directly.
However, Saud Shakeel and Mohammad Rizwan have forged a partnership for the third wicket and the former slammed a fifty to score 62 runs off 76 deliveries.
After Axar Patel broke the partnership dismissing Rizwan for 46 runs, Hardik Pandya went on to dismiss Shakeel for 62 runs off 76 deliveries, while Jadeja picked the wicket of Tayyab Tahir for four runs.
Being in a strong position for 150 runs, Pakistan went down five for 165 runs. Meanwhile, Salman Agha and Khushdil Shah are aiming to forge a partnership in the match.
Kuldeep Yadav further haunted Pakistan picking three wickets before he narrowly missed his hattrick. With Khushdil Shah’s cameo, Pakistan scored 241 runs losing all 10 wickets in their innings.
In the pursuit of chasing a 242-run target, Rohit Sharma and Shubman Gill opened the side where the Indian captain aimed for an aggressive start smashing 20 off 15 deliveries.
However, Shaheen Afridi sent Rohit back to the pavilion in the last ball of the fifth over. Virat Kohli came to bat and joined Shubman Gill in India’s run chase against their arch-rivals.
After Shubman Gill’s departure for 46 runs, Shreyas Iyer joined Kohli to ease the tension in the innings.
Meanwhile Shreyas Iyer who started slowly is also getting used to the conditions helping the side to cross 150+ runs in the match. Earlier Pakistan scored 241 runs in their innings against India.
However, Iyer was dismissed by Khushdil Shah for 56 runs and Shaheen Afridi picked the wicket of Hardik Pandya for 8 runs.
Axar Patel was at the crease on the other side with 3* runs when Virat Kohli smashed a four to complete the innings.
