Another match in the World Cup and Virat Kohli slams yet another half-century for the Indian Cricket Team. While Virat Kohli had a glorious opportunity to register a World record, Kohli fell cheaply after getting a fine half-century. Virat Kohli had an opportunity to slam 50 ODI tons and go past Sachin Tendulkar. Nonetheless, netizens were pleased with Kohli’s fifty and claimed that the ace batter is scoring runs for fun.
Virat Kohli is currently the highest run-getter in the ongoing Cricket World Cup. The former India Cricket Team skipper has been in deft touch after amassing 594 runs from 9 innings with 2 centuries and 5 fifties.
While Rohit Sharma and Shubman Gill set the pace of the Indian innings with stunning fifties. It was however Virat Kohli who settled and anchored the innings for the Men in Blue.
Kohli did start slow but he soon switched gears to hit 5 fours and a huge sixer. Kohli kept his strike rate close to 100 after managing his fifty from just 55 balls.
While he was on course to convert his fifty to a century and create a World record, Van der Merwe produced a brilliant ball to dismiss the set Kohli who unfortunately had to return back to the pavilion after a gritty knock.
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Most 50+ scores in a single World Cup edition
7 – Sachin Tendulkar (2003)
7 – Shakib Al Hasan (2019)
7 – Virat Kohli (2023)*
In the previous game, Kohli slammed his 49th ODI ton to match the record set by the great Sachin Tendulkar. Against Netherlands, Kohli had the perfect opportunity to go past his idol but alas. However, Kohli will have the stage set for him in the semi-finals of the World Cup when India lock horns with New Zealand.
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