Asia Cup: Virat Kohli and KL Rahul set a series of records against Pakistan, Sachin also left behind
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asia cup 2023 Virat Kohli and KL Rahul scored brilliant centuries against Pakistan in the third match of Super Four. Both the players made a flurry of records in the match. During this, both made a world record of partnership. Virat Kohli played an unbeaten inning of 122 runs and KL Rahul played an unbeaten inning of 111 runs.
Virat-Rahul made the record of longest partnership in ODI against Pakistan
An unbeaten partnership of 233 runs was made for the third wicket between Virat Kohli and KL Rahul. This is the record for the longest partnership for any wicket against Pakistan. Virat-Rahul pair broke the record of the partnership made between Navjot Singh Sidhu and Sachin Tendulkar. Sidhu and Sachin had made a partnership of 231 runs for the second wicket in 1996. This record was made in Sharjah. Apart from this, the third highest partnership against Pakistan was made by Shikhar Dhawan and Rohit Sharma in Dubai in 2018. While opening the match, both of them made a partnership of 210 runs for the first wicket. Before that, in 2005, against Pakistan, Rahul Dravid and Virender Sehwag had made a partnership of 201 runs for the third wicket.
Virat-Rahul made the record of longest partnership in Asia Cup
Virat Kohli And KL Rahul made the record of the longest partnership in the Asia Cup. Both of them broke the record of partnership of Mohammad Hafeez and Nasir Jamshed. Hafeez and Jamshed shared a 224-run partnership in the 2012 Asia Cup. Before that in 2004, Shoaib Malik and Younis Khan had made a partnership of 223 runs. In 2023, Babar Azam and Iftikhar Ahmed had a partnership of 214 runs in the match against Nepal.
Second longest partnership for India in ODIs
Virat Kohli and KL Rahul also created an Indian record for the longest partnership in ODIs by making an unbeaten partnership of 233 runs. This is the second longest partnership from India in ODIs.
India’s number 3 and number 4 batsmen to score centuries in ODIs
Virat Kohli and KL Rahul joined the list of Indian players who scored centuries at number 3 and number 4 in ODIs. Earlier in 1999, Rahul Dravid and Sachin Tendulkar had scored centuries against Kenya. In 2009, Gautam Gambhir and Virat Kohli scored centuries against Sri Lanka.
Virat Kohli became the fifth player to score the most runs in ODIs.
Virat Kohli made many records in ODIs while playing against Pakistan. Kohli has become the fifth player in the world to score the most runs in ODIs. The record of most runs in ODI is in the name of Sachin Tendulkar. He has scored 18426 runs. Kumar Sangakkara of Sri Lanka has scored 14234 runs at second place. Whereas former Australian captain Ricky Ponting scored 13704 runs in ODIs. Sri Lanka’s Sanath Jayasuriya has scored 13430 runs in fourth place. Whereas Virat Kohli has scored 13024 runs in ODIs so far.
Virat Kohli becomes the fastest player to score 13000 runs in ODI
Virat Kohli has become the fastest player to score 13000 runs in ODI. Virat has scored 13000 runs in only 267 matches. Sachin Tendulkar had completed 13 thousand runs in 341 matches. Whereas Kumar Sangakkara scored 363 runs and Sanath Jayasuriya scored 13 thousand runs in 416 matches.
Virat Kohli scored his fourth century in Colombo
Virat Kohli scored his fourth century in Colombo, Sri Lanka. If we look at the last four centuries, Virat Kohli scored the fastest century in the match against Pakistan. Kohli faced 94 balls and scored 122 not out. Earlier, he had played an inning of 131 runs in 96 balls. Whereas once he scored unbeaten 128 runs in 119 balls and once scored unbeaten 110 runs in 116 balls.
Virat Kohli scored his fourth century in Asia Cup
Virat Kohli scored his fourth century in the Asia Cup and equaled the four centuries of Sri Lankan Kumar Sangakkara. Sanath Jayasuriya holds the record for most centuries in the Asia Cup. Jayasuriya has scored 6 centuries in the Asia Cup. While Shoaib Malik of Pakistan has scored 3 centuries in the Asia Cup.
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