Virat Kohli, one of the best batsmen of Team India, is currently participating in the Test series against New Zealand. His performance in this series has been average. Virat Kohli’s bat has become completely silent and due to this the Indian team has had to face defeat.
But there was a time when Virat Kohli was seen batting in T20 style even in ODI cricket. Once, he had defeated all the opposing bowlers equally with his lethal batting.
Virat Kohli batted in T20 style in ODI
Team India’s batsman Virat Kohli is known for his deadly batting and he had shown a similar game in the second match of the ODI series against Australia in 2013. While batting in this match, Virat Kohli faced 52 balls and played an unbeaten inning of 100 runs with the help of 8 fours and 7 sixes. This century innings of Virat Kohli is the fastest century played by an Indian batsman in ODI cricket.
The condition of the match was like this
If we talk about the match played between Team India and Australia in the year 2013 in Jaipur ground, then in this match the Australian team won the toss and decided to bowl first. Batting first, Australia scored 359 runs at the loss of 5 wickets in the stipulated 50 overs. Team India, which came to chase this target, had a very good start and there was a partnership of 176 runs for the first wicket. After this, Rohit Sharma along with Virat Kohli made a partnership of 186 runs and won the match by 9 wickets in 43.3 overs.
Virat Kohli’s ODI career is very brilliant.
If we talk about the ODI cricket career of Team India batsman Virat Kohli, his career has been very brilliant. He has scored 13906 runs in 283 innings of 295 ODI matches played for Team India at an average of 58.18 and an excellent strike rate of 93.54. During this period, he has played 50 centuries and 72 half-centuries in ODI cricket.
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