Viv richards on Virat Kohli: India’s charismatic batsman Virat Kohli (Virat Kohli) silenced his critics with the Champions Trophy century, which won the match against Pakistan, the former World Cup winning captain Vivian Richards (Viv Richads on Viv Richads on Viv Richads on Viv Richads on Viv Richads on Viv Richads on Viv Richads on Viv Richards The disclosure of which he would adopt if he would play in today’s era. Kohli played his 300th ODI on Sunday, which is the latest achievement for the Indian batsman, as he has left behind the record of former great batsman Sachin Tendulkar as the first player to score 51 centuries in the 50 -over format. He scored his 51st ODI century against Pakistan in the second group stage match of the Champions Trophy last week and helped India to make it to the semi -finals of the tournament.
The 36 -year -old right -handed batsman, who made his debut for India in 2008, became only the third batsman in ODI history to score more than 14,000 runs after great players Tendulkar and Kumar Sangakkara.
International Masters League Governing Council member and West Indies veteran Sir Vivian Richards said at the virtual press conference, “I think their energy is very important … and their passion … and these are things that I keep. When you have a team and you can defend your team, I think we have all the special qualities.” He said, “But just energy, looking at him on the boundary … he is far away, and there is an appeal to the leg bephor, and he is shouting; he is also appealing … but he goes to show you his participation in the game all the time. There is a passion for him. And there is no moment that Virat Kohli has missed.”
It is not new for Kohli to make records in ODI format. In the 2023 ODI World Cup in India, he set the best record of scoring the most runs in a version of the tournament. He scored 765 runs in 11 matches, including three centuries and six half -centuries.