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Team India’s great journey continues in the Champions Trophy 2025. In their second match, Team India also defeated hardcore rival Pakistan by 6 wickets and with this, he has almost confirmed its place in the semi -finals. Under the captaincy of Rohit Sharma, Team India once again achieved a target of 242 runs without any hassle. The star of this victory of Team India was Virat Kohli, who scored a wonderful century and issued a warning for the rest of the teams. At the same time, Pakistan, which is hosting the tournament, has reached the verge of getting out of the first round in its house.
Everyone was waiting for this blockbuster match in Dubai on Sunday 23 February, but the match was not like that the fans would have expected and desired. But Indian fans definitely got two things- one is the victory of Team India, the second run chasing Virat Kohli (100 unbeaten, 7 fours) brilliant century. Kohli, who came to the crease after Rohit Sharma’s early dismissal, shared a great partnership with Shubman Gill and Shreyas Iyer and then scored the last four of the match and won the 51st ODI century along with winning the team.
Shakeel took over but Kuldeep shocked
However, Team India had to wait a little for the wicket in the beginning as Babar Azam (23) gave Pakistan a better start by putting some best shots as soon as he came. But as soon as Hardik Pandya took his wicket, his opening partner Imam ul Haq was also dismissed in the next over. From here the Pakistani team was in trouble but captain Mohammad Rizwan (46) and Saud Shakeel (62) handled the team by making a great partnership. The two together formed a century partnership.
However, the speed of both was very slow, due to which the Pakistani team did not appear to go towards a big score. Saud Shakeel scored a great half -century but Rizwan missed it. After the dismissal of both, Khushdil Shah (38) finally put some big shots and took the team to a worth 241 runs. Kuldeep Yadav took 3 wickets and Hardik Pandya took 2 wickets for Team India.
Rohit-Gil’s strong attack
Captain Rohit (20), who made a fast start against Bangladesh, once again showed the same style and shared a boundary on Shaheen Afridi-Nasim Shah. But he became bold on Shaheen’s best yorker. But this also did not provide any relief to Pakistan because Shubman Gill immediately attacked Shaheen and hit 5 fours in 2 consecutive overs from the other side. On the other hand, Kohli hit fours on Haris Rauf. Gill (46) missed the half -century this time but he was dismissed only after reaching the team to 100 runs.
Kohli won with a century
On the other hand, Kohli continued his great record against Pakistan and again prepared the foundation of the best innings. After Gill’s dismissal, Kohli took command of this run in his well-known manner and scored a great half-century. On the other hand, after the beginning struggle, Iyer (56) also opened hands and brought the Pakistani bowlers across the boundary with the edge of his bat. Iyer completed his half -century fast but was dismissed after that. Finally, the eyes were on whether Kohli would be able to complete the century or not, but the star batsman stamped the victory along with the last four and also stamped the victory.
Virat Kohli hits record-breaking century against Pakistan, 16 years of wait ends
Virat Kohli’s name is always taken as a big batsman on the cricket field. On 23 February 2025, in the ICC Champions Trophy 2025 match against Pakistan, Virat proved it right once again and scored a century while playing a memorable innings. His century not only reflects his batting skills, but he once again proved his ability against Pakistan.
Virat Kohli hits 82nd century
Matches between India and Pakistan are always tense and exciting. In this match, it was a challenge for India to score runs, as Pakistan’s bowlers had a good hold in the beginning. India needed a good score to win and in such a situation, Virat Kohli took charge and played a century innings. Virat Kohli played a brilliant innings of 100 not out off 111 balls in this match. During this, he hit 7 fours and his innings strengthened the Indian team and gave the team victory.
16 years of wait is over
Let us tell you, Virat Kohli played the Champions Trophy for the first time in the year 2009. But this is the first time Virat has scored a century in this tournament. That is, he had to wait for a full 16 years to score a century in the Champions Trophy. At the same time, this is the first time after the 2023 ODI World Cup that he has scored a century in ODIs. Apart from this, he has scored an ODI century on foreign soil after 531 days, that is, this innings is special for him in many ways.
Became number-1 in this list
Let us tell you, Virat Kohli has scored 50+ runs for the fourth time against Pakistan in the ICC ODI event, which is a record. Apart from him, no player has been able to do this feat more than 3 times. Apart from Virat, Viv Richards and Sachin Tendulkar scored 50+ runs against Pakistan 3 times each. Apart from this, this was his 23rd 50+ score in the ICC ODI event. Apart from him, only Sachin Tendulkar has been able to score 50+ runs so many times in ICC ODI events.
