IND vs PAK: Asia Cup 2023 is currently taking place and all the teams participating in it are putting in the hard yards. Coming to the Indian team, they will open their campaign against Pakistan on 2nd September. The tournament will be extremely important for them as the ICC World Cup is around the corner and it’ll be a great opportunity for them to get into the grove.
IND vs PAK: Virat Kohli on the verge of achieving 13000 runs and 2 other huge milestones in the Asia Cup
IND vs PAK: Virat Kohli will be one of the most important players for India going into the Asia Cup 2023. The batter has been the backbone of the team and IND vs PAK game being the first match for India, all the spotlight will be on him.
A lot of expectations will be on Virat Kohli but individually too he is on the verge of achieving a big milestone. The lynchpin of the Indian batting lineup is just 102 runs away from completing 13000 runs in the ODIs. So far in 274 games, he has 12898 runs at an average of over 57. Also, he has 46 centuries and 65 half-centuries.
Apart from this, Virat Kohli is also on the verge of completing 11000 runs in the ODIs at the No.3 position. He’s currently 223 runs away from achieving the feat. Currently, in 210 innings, he has 10,777 runs at an average of 60.21 to go with 39 hundreds and 55 fifties.
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Virat Kohli is only on the verge of achieving a huge milestone with Virat Kohli. The duo needs just 2 runs to become the fastest to complete 5,000 runs as a pair in ODI cricket history. Currently, they have 4998 runs from 85 innings at an average of 62.47 to go with 15-century partnerships and 18 half-century partnerships.
Virat Kohli after being out of touch for three years has regained his form and is smashing runs again like he used to. It’s fair to say that he will be the most important part of the Indian set-up for the upcoming games as a lot will rely on him, especially with the kind of calibre he possesses.
If Virat Kohli achieves all the milestones in the upcoming IND vs PAK game, it’ll an icing on the cake of the fans. The batter would be hoping to bring his best in the next game and take his team to glory.
IND vs PAK: India squad for the Asia Cup 2023
IND vs PAK: Here’s the Indian squad for the Asia Cup 2023,
Rohit Sharma, Shubman Gill, Virat Kohli, Shreyas Iyer, KL Rahul, Suryakumar Yadav, Tilak Varma, Ishan Kishan, Hardik Pandya, Ravindra Jadeja, Axar Patel, Shardul Thakur, Jasprit Bumrah, Mohammed Shami, Mohammed Siraj, Kuldeep Yadav, Prasidh Krishna, and Sanju Samson (back up).