IND vs SA ODI World Cup: Virat Kohli Completes 6000 ODI Runs in India

IND vs SA ODI World Cup 2023: Virat Kohli Completes 6000 ODI runs in India. Virat Kohli completed 6000 ODI runs at home while playing against South Africa in the World Cup.

Kohli has become the second batsman after Sachin Tendulkar to do so. Virat Kohli has been in great form so far in the World Cup and has played big innings in every match.

Kohli’s Statistics On Indigenous Soil:-

Before this match, Virat Kohli had 5945 runs in India, he was 55 runs away from this mark. After scoring 55 runs against South Africa, he completed 6 thousand runs on Indigenous Soil and became the second batsman to do so.

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This is Kohli’s 119th match in India. Kohli has scored 32 half-centuries and 22 centuries in India.

Virat Kohli has scored a total of 7580 runs in 161 innings of 170 matches on foreign soil. Outside India, Kohli has scored 39 half-centuries and 26 centuries.

Kohli is Celebrating 35th Birthday:-

Today is a special day for Virat Kohli, he is celebrating his 35th birthday today. This is the first time that he is playing an ODI match on his birthday.

A large number of Virat Kohli’s fans were seen in the audience at Eden Garden, before the start of the match, fans even cut the birthday cake for Virat outside the stadium.

Virat Kohli’s Journey So Far in The World Cup:-

Kohli started the World Cup in explosive style, after a bad start, he made Team India win the first match against Australia with an innings of 85 runs. After that, he played an unbeaten inning of 55 runs against Afghanistan.

After not being able to play big innings (16) against Pakistan, he scored the 48th century of his ODI career by playing an innings of 103 runs against Bangladesh.

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He fell 5 runs short of his century against New Zealand and then had a duck (0 runs) against England. Against Sri Lanka, Virat once again came close to his century and was out. He was caught out on 88 balls.