When Team India got a target of 265 runs from Australia in the semi-final match of the ICC Champions Trophy 2025, everyone expected chase master Virat Kohli to take the match to victory. Virat Kohli did not disappoint anyone. He played an innings of 84 runs with the help of 5 fours in 98 balls and took the team to the threshold of victory. KL Rahul finished the match with a six, but during this innings King Kohli made many records and broke many records. Let’s know about them.
Cricket lovers were expecting a fiery innings from Virat Kohli in the semi-final match of ICC Champions Trophy 2025. King Kohli has fully lived up to those expectations. While chasing the target of 265 runs set by the opposition team, he faced a total of 98 balls. Meanwhile, he managed to score 84 runs at a strike rate of 85.71. During this, five fours came off his bat. During the match, he also achieved some special achievements, which are as follows.
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Record #1
Virat Kohli has become the first batter in the world to play an innings of 50 plus runs the most number of times in ICC ODI tournaments. This was Virat’s 24th 50 plus score in ICC ODI tournaments. He has scored 6 centuries and 18 half-centuries. In this case, he has surpassed the great Sachin Tendulkar, who scored 50 plus in ICC Champions Trophy and World Cup 23 times, in which he scored 7 centuries and 16 half-centuries.
Record #2
Apart from this, Virat Kohli has become the biggest player in the knockout matches of ICC tournaments. He is the first batsman to score 1000 or more runs in knockout matches of T20 World Cup, ODI World Cup, ICC Champions Trophy and World Test Championship. He has so far scored 1023 runs at an average of 53.84, which includes one century and 9 half-centuries.
Record #3
Virat Kohli has become the second batter to score the most runs in the semi-finals and finals of ICC ODI event. Ricky Ponting’s name comes in the first place who has scored 509 runs. Virat Kohli has reached the second position with 503 runs. With 489 runs, Sourav Ganguly is at third and Sachin Tendulkar with 394 runs is fourth on this list. Australian wicket-keeper batter Adam Gilchrist is on the fifth number at this list with his 376 runs.
Record #4
Virat Kohli has now become the highest run-scorer for India in the ICC Champions Trophy. Overall, he is also the second highest run-scorer. In 16 innings of 17 matches, Virat has scored 746 runs at an average of 82.88, which includes one century and six half-centuries. His best score is 100*, which he made against Pakistan in this current tournament. The highest run scorer in the Champions Trophy is West Indies’ great opener Chris Gayle, who scored 791 runs in 17 matches at an average of 52.73, which included three centuries and a half-century.
Record #5
Virat Kohli has also become the second player after his idol Sachin Tendulkar to complete 8000 runs in run-chases in ODI International cricket. Out of 237 players who have scored at least 1000 runs in ODI run-chases, Kohli is the only player to have an average of more than 60. In 170 ODIs while chasing targets, Virat has scored 8,063 runs in 159 innings at an average of 64.50, which includes 28 centuries and 41 half-centuries and his best score is 183.
Record #6
Not only this, Virat Kohli is the greatest player ever in leading the team to victory while chasing the target. He has scored the most runs while chasing. He has scored 5,913 runs in 105 matches and 99 innings at an average of 89.59, which includes 24 centuries and 25 half-centuries. This shows that he not only likes chasing, but also likes leading the team to victory.
Record #7
Virat Kohli has become the first player to score the most 50+ scores in the semi-finals or finals of an ICC ODI event. In a special case, he has surpassed former captain Sourav Ganguly, who had scored 50+ four times in 6 innings. Kohli has scored 50+ five times in 11 innings in the semi-finals or finals of an ICC ODI event till now. Steve Smith has also 4 50+ scores in 6 innings. Sachin Tendulkar is also in this list with the same 4 fifty plus scores in 10 innings.