At the Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai on Wednesday, side India’s batting fortunes against New Zealand in the 2023 World Cup semi-final might be determined by Virat Kohli of his side. The 35-year-old is one of the main reasons the Men in Blue are still unbeaten in the league because of his outstanding play with the willow.
Virat Kohli is the leading run-scorer in the knockout stages of the 2023 World Cup. He has 594 runs scored in nine innings at an average of 99 and a strike rate of 88.52, with two hundreds and five fifties. He is one ODI ton short of breaking Sachin Tendulkar’s record and becoming the first hitter to score 50 one-day hundreds.
In ODIs against New Zealand, he has appeared in 30 matches, amassing 1528 runs at an average of 56.59, with five hundreds. Kohli’s best against the Kiwis was 154* in Mohali in 2016. In his 134-ball performance, he struck 16 fours and a six as India pursued 286 with seven wickets in hand.
The former captain of India has scored 105 in Guwahati (November 2010), 123 in Napier (January 2014), 121 in Mumbai (October 2017), and 113 in Kanpur (October 2017) in past ODI matches against New Zealand.
Other noteworthy one-day scores that Virat Kohli has against the Blackcaps are 64 in December 2010 in Jaipur, 63* in Vadodara, 78 in Hamilton, 82 in Wellington, 85* in Dharamsala (October 2016), and 60 in Mount Maunganui (January 2019).
Virat Kohli’s record against New Zealand in the ODI World Cup
In two matches of the ODI World Cup, Virat Kohli has amassed 96 runs at an average of 48 runs. This is his record against New Zealand.
In the Manchester World Cup semi-final of 2019, the seasoned batter was dismissed for one. Trent Boult, a left-arm seamer, has trapped him leg before. The Men in Blue failed to pursue a target of 240 and lost by 18 runs in the elimination game.
at the league stage of the 2017 ODI World Cup, India and New Zealand met at Dharamsala. Virat Kohli led the Men in Blue in their pursuit of 274 balls, making 95 runs off 104 balls. With four wickets remaining, the hosts managed to reach the goal in 48 overs thanks to his eight fours and two sixes.