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Every time Virat Kohli comes on the field, some record is broken. Something similar was seen in the semi-final match of the World Cup 2023. As soon as Virat Kohli’s name was included in the playing eleven in the match against New Zealand, he broke Sachin Tendulkar’s big record. Virat Kohli achieved at the Wankhede ground what Sachin did not in his two-decade ODI career. Now let us tell you which record Virat Kohli has created?
Virat Kohli has become the first Indian cricketer to play four semi-finals in the ODI World Cup. Virat Kohli played his first semi-final in the World Cup in 2011. Team India also won this World Cup. After this, in 2015, Virat played the semi-final in the World Cup held in Australia. In the World Cup played in England in 2019, Virat Kohli reached the semi-finals and now once again in 2023, Virat Kohli has got the honor of playing the World Cup semi-finals.
Sachin played 3 World Cup semi-finals
Sachin Tendulkar played 6 World Cups in his 24-year-long career and during this time he could play the semi-finals only three times. Sachin managed to reach the semi-finals of the 1996, 2003 and 2011 World Cups. Now Virat Kohli has surpassed him.
Sachin broke another world record
Another world record of Sachin has been broken by Virat. Sachin scored 673 runs in the 2003 World Cup. This is the best performance by any batsman in a single edition of the World Cup. But let us tell you whether Kohli has now broken this record too.
First batsman to score 50 centuries
Let us tell you that Virat Kohli also broke Sachin’s record of 49 ODI hundreds. Virat scored a century in the semi-final, his 50th ODI century.
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