India defeated Pakistan with a huge margin of 228 runs in the Asia Cup Super 4 stage. It was a big blow for Pakistan in this tournament. After a dazzling start by Rohit Sharma and Shubhman Gill, Virat Kohli and KL Rahul carried the innings by their shoulder in the India vs. Pakistan match. They put on a big target of 357 runs in front of the opponent. On Sunday, when the match was interrupted by the rain India was on 147-2. KL was batting on 17 and Virat was batting on 4. Finally, the match was moved to reserve day. On the reserve day, Kl and Virat took India’s innings to a new height. This fiery duo scored centuries. Kl has made a remarkable comeback by playing an unbeaten innings of 111 runs. And here comes the king. Virat played in his style and made unbeaten 122 runs. His innings consisted of some beautiful cover drives, cuts, and a lot of singles. Kohli’s innings was the perfect example of class and elegance.
In the time of post-match analysis, Former Indian player Gautam Gambhir said,” Virat Kohli has reached a massive milestone of fastest 13000 runs in ODI. There aren’t many cricketers who have scored so many runs. How much we appreciate his greatness, it is always more.” He was amazed by Kohli’s batting masterclass. He praised King Kohli in all ways.
Virat was quite furious in the previous innings. He didn’t let Pakistani bowlers dominate India’s innings. He played some elegant shots against Shaseen, Shadab, and Naseem. In his whole inning, he played 9 boundaries and 3 over boundaries with a strike rate of 129.79. KL was his perfect partner for the match. He also played a brilliant knock of unbeaten 111 runs which helped a lot to put a big target on the scoreboard.
Virat Kohli made some incredible records in the last match. He scored 13000 ODI runs in 267 innings which broke Sachin Tendulkar’s record. Kohli’s batting average is 56.62 which is the second-best among those who batted more than 100 times. Rahul and Kohli’s unbeaten 233-run partnership was the highest partnership recorded in an India-Pakistan ODI match.
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