India and New Zealand are set to face each other in the Champions Trophy 2025. Interestingly, Virat Kohli will be playing his 300th match as well. Both teams will play in Dubai on March 2 with the intention of registering their third consecutive win. India and New Zealand have already booked their semi-final tickets.
Now it will be interesting to see which team succeeds in winning. In the India-New Zealand match, all eyes will be on star batsman Virat Kohli. Virat Kohli scored a brilliant century against Pakistan and led Team India to a 6-wicket win. Kohli returned unbeaten after scoring 100 runs. Now fans will expect a big innings from Virat against New Zealand as well.
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Run coming out of Kohli’s bat
Virat Kohli has scored 122 runs in 2 matches with the help of a century in the ICC Champions Trophy 2025 and is at the 7th position in terms of scoring the most runs in the tournament. If Kohli manages to score a half-century against New Zealand, he will beat many legends at once.
Kohli has a record of scoring 6 half-centuries in the history of the Champions Trophy. As soon as he scores a half-century, he will become the player with the most half-centuries in the history of Champions Trophy, surpassing Shikhar Dhawan, Rahul Dravid and Sourav Ganguly.
Batters with most half-centuries in Champions Trophy
Shikhar Dhawan – 6
Sourav Ganguly – 6
Virat Kohli – 6
Rahul Dravid – 6
Joe Root – 5
As soon as Kohli scores 51 runs against New Zealand, he will become the Indian batsman with the most runs in the history of Champions Trophy, surpassing Shikhar Dhawan. During this, he will also go ahead of Kumar Sangakkara, Jacques Kallis and Sourav Ganguly. Currently, Kohli has 651 runs in 14 innings of 15 matches of Champions Trophy.
Batters who scored the most runs in Champions Trophy
| Players | Runs |
| Chris Gayle | 791 |
| Mahela Jayawardene | 742 |
| Shikhar Dhawan | 701 |
| Kumar Sangakkara | 683 |
| Sourav Ganguly | 665 |
| Jacques Kallis | 653 |
| Virat Kohli | 651 |
It is worth mentioning that both Virat and Sachin have scored 23 half-centuries each in ICC white-ball tournaments. As soon as Virat scores a half-century, he will break Sachin Tendulkar’s record of scoring the most half-centuries in ICC white-ball tournaments.
Most half-centuries in ICC white-ball tournaments
Sachin Tendulkar – 23
Virat Kohli – 23
Rohit Sharma – 18
Kumar Sangakkara – 17
Ricky Ponting – 16
6 records that can be broken in the 300th match of Virat Kohli
In this match against New Zealand, all eyes will be on Virat Kohli. In the last match against Pakistan, Kohli scored a brilliant century and gave India a memorable victory. Virat has completed 51 centuries in ODI International cricket and a total of 82 centuries in International cricket.
Virat Kohli has completed 27,503 runs in International cricket. The biggest threat to New Zealand will be from Kohli. The Champions Trophy match against New Zealand will be very special for Virat , as this will be the 300th match of his ODI career. Virat Kohli can break 6 records in this match.
1. Second highest run scorer in ODIs
Virat Kohli has so far scored 14085 runs in 299 ODIs. If Kohli manages to score 150 runs in the match against New Zealand on Sunday, he will break the record of Sri Lanka’s great Kumar Sangakkara. Kohli will thus become the second highest run scorer in ODIs. During his 15-year long ODI career, Sangakkara played 404 matches for Sri Lanka and ICC and scored 14,234 runs.
2. Second most successful fielder in ODIs
Virat Kohli has broken Mohammad Azharuddin’s record of 156 catches in ODI International cricket. If 36-year-old Virat Kohli is successful in catching 3 catches in the match against New Zealand, he will break Ricky Ponting’s record of 160 catches in ODI International cricket. Virat Kohli will thus become the second most successful fielder in ODIs. Sri Lanka’s great batsman Mahela Jayawardene has taken the most number of catches in ODIs, 218.
3. Most runs for India in ODIs against New Zealand
Since making his ODI debut for India in August 2008, Virat Kohli has played 31 ODIs against New Zealand. Virat Kohli has scored 1645 runs against New Zealand. If Virat Kohli manages to score 106 more runs on Sunday, he will break Sachin Tendulkar’s record of 1750 runs. Virat Kohli will become the Indian batsman to score the most runs in ODI format against New Zealand. The overall record for scoring the most ODI runs against New Zealand is held by Ricky Ponting. Ricky Ponting scored 1971 runs in 51 ODIs against New Zealand.
4. Most centuries in ODIs against New Zealand
Virat Kohli has so far scored six centuries in 31 ODIs played against New Zealand. If Virat Kohli scores a century in the match against New Zealand on Sunday, he will become the first batsman in the world to score 7 centuries against the Kiwis in the ODI format. Virat Kohli is currently tied with Virender Sehwag and Ricky Ponting in the list of batsmen who have scored the most ODI centuries against New Zealand. Virender Sehwag and Ricky Ponting ended their careers with six centuries each against New Zealand.
5. Most runs for India in Champions Trophy
Virat Kohli has played 15 matches for Team India in the Champions Trophy so far, in which he has scored 651 runs. If Virat Kohli manages to score 51 more runs against New Zealand, he will break Shikhar Dhawan’s great record. Virat Kohli will become the highest run scorer for India in the history of the Champions Trophy tournament. Shikhar Dhawan has played 10 matches of the Champions Trophy for Team India and has scored 701 runs.
6. Most runs in Champions Trophy
If Virat Kohli manages to score at least 142 runs against New Zealand, he will break the great record of West Indies’ great batsman Chris Gayle and will become the highest run scorer in the history of the Champions Trophy. Chris Gayle played a total of 17 matches for West Indies in four seasons of Champions Trophy and scored 791 runs.