Dubai
The final of the Champions Trophy will be played between India and New Zealand on 9 March. The competition is at Dubai International Cricket Stadium. India qualified for the title war by defeating Australia and New Zealand in the semi -final match. After 25 years, both these teams are face to face in the final of this tournament. Star Indian batsman Virat Kohli can make a historic day for himself on 9 March. He is a few runs away from naming a world record.
Virat on the threshold of creating history
Actually, Virat Kohli can become the highest run -scorer in the Champions Trophy history in the match against New Zealand. They need only 46 runs for this. As soon as he scored so much runs, he will break the record of Chris Gayle, who remains the top run scorer of this tournament history with 791 runs. Virat has scored 746 runs in 17 matches so far, including a century and 6 half -centuries.
5 batsmen scoring the most runs in Champions Trophy
Chris Gayle – 791 runs
Virat Kohli – 746 runs
Mahela Jayawardene – 742 runs
Shikhar Dhawan – 701
Kumar Sangakkara – 683 runs
The first batsman to do this can be
Virat can not only become the highest run -scorer in the Champions Trophy of Chris Gayle, but he also has the opportunity to complete 800 runs in this tournament. No batsman of the world has reached this point. Virat Kohli has appeared in a great rhythm against Pakistan (100 not out) and Australia (84 runs). It is expected that his style will be seen in the final as well.
Great achievement against Australia
36 -year -old Kohli made a big achievement in the semi -final match against Australia. He crossed the 8000-run mark in the run-day in ODIs. He took 159 innings to achieve this achievement, which led to the second batsman to score so many runs chasing the target in 50 overs format. Chasing the target, Sachin Tendulkar is in the first place in terms of scoring the most runs. Master Blaster has scored 8720 runs in 232 innings. Rohit Sharma is third in this list with 6115 runs. Kohli is the fastest batsman to score 8000 runs during the run-day. He left Tendulkar behind in this matter.