Star batter Virat Kohli has looked in sublime form in this ODI World Cup 2023 with two fifties to his name. The 34-year-old will look to continue that when he faces arch-rivals Pakistan at the Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad on Saturday. In India's first game against Australia, Kohli scored a match-winning 85 to claim an importan six-wicket win and followed it up with a 55 off 56 balls as Team India thumped Afghanistan by eight wickets in Delhi. (Live Scorecard | Preview | Streaming | Full Coverage)
Virat Kohli Vs Pakistan In ODI World Cup
Virat Kohli has played three matches against Pakistan in the ODI World Cup and has scored 193 runs at an average of 64.33, that includes one hundred (2015).
In the 2011 World Cup semi-final, Kohli managed to score only 9 runs off 21 balls. However, the batter sparked back to form when the two sides met in the 2015 World Cup where he amassed 107 runs off 126 balls in Adelaide. India (300/7) went on to win that game by 76 runs, bowling out Pakistan for 224.
Kohli again proved he's a big-time player when he scored a vital 77 runs in the 2019 World Cup in Manchester as India beat Pakistan via DLS method. The Men In Blue posted 336/5 and in return, the Men In Green could only muster 212/6 when rains intervened.
Here are some other stats and trivia of Virat Kohli against Pakistan
- Virat Kohli is the first Indian to score a century against Pakistan in a ODI World Cup
- Virat Kohli has an aggregate of 1170 runs in the World Cup. He needs 30 more runs for his 1200 runs. If he gets them, he will become the second Indian batter to total 1200 runs in the World Cup after Sachin Tendulkar, who has an aggregate of 2278 runs.
- If India win this game with Virat Kohli’s century, Virat would become the first batter to score 40 centuries in a team’s wins in ODIs.
- Kohli's last encounter against Pakistan was at the Asia Cup 2023 where he scored a century (122* in 94 balls)
