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In 299 ODIs performed to date for the Indian males’s cricket crew, Virat Kohli has accomplished 157 catches, which is another than Mohammad Azharuddin’s tally of 156 catches.
Virat Kohli turns into India’s most profitable fielder in ODIs. (Image Credit score: AP)
Virat Kohli has entered his title within the historical past books on Sunday, February 23, by changing into India’s most profitable fielder in ODIs. The 36-year-old cricketer from Delhi, who made his ODI debut in opposition to Sri Lanka in Dambulla on August 18, 2008, has 157 catches to his title now in 299 ODIs performed to date. Kohli accomplished his 157th catch within the Champions Trophy 2025 match between India and Pakistan, which is presently underway at Dubai Worldwide Cricket Stadium.
Kohli broke former India captain Mohammad Azharuddin’s document of 156 catches for India.
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The world document for taking probably the most catches in ODI cricket is held by former Sri Lankan captain Mahela Jayawardene. Throughout his enjoying days, Jayawardene performed 448 matches and accomplished 218 catches. He’s adopted by Ricky Ponting (160 catches in 375 ODIs).
Most catches in ODIs
Mahela Jayawardene (Sri Lanka) – 218
Ricky Ponting (Australia) – 160
Virat Kohli (India) – 157*
Mohammad Azharuddin (India) – 156
Ross Taylor (New Zealand) – 142
Sachin Tendulkar (India) – 140
Stephen Fleming (New Zealand) – 133
Jacques Kallis (South Africa) – 131
Younis Khan (Pakistan) – 130
Muttiah Muralitharan (Sri Lanka) – 130
Kohli, who’s the all-time main run scorer in ICC white-ball tournaments, can have an opportunity to interrupt a number of batting data on Sunday. If the previous India captain manages to attain a minimum of 15 runs, then he’ll change into the quickest batter to attain 14,000 runs in ODIs. Solely two batters to date have managed to attain greater than 14,000 runs in ODI cricket.
If Kohli scores 81 runs in opposition to Pakistan, then he’ll overtake Ponting within the listing of batters with probably the most runs in worldwide cricket. The previous Australian captain completed his profession with 27,483 runs in 560 matches performed throughout codecs, whereas Kohli has 27,403 runs to his title in 546 matches.
India bowling 1st in opposition to Pakistan
Pakistan captain Mohammad Rizwan has gained the toss and opted to bat first within the must-win match in opposition to India. Pakistan have made one change to the enjoying XI. Instead of Fakhar Zaman, who was dominated out of the event on Thursday as a result of an harm, Imam-ul-Haq is enjoying.
However, India have retained the identical XI that took the sphere in opposition to Bangladesh on Thursday.
Enjoying XIs
India: Rohit Sharma (C), Shubman Gill, Virat Kohli, Shreyas Iyer, KL Rahul (WK), Hardik Pandya, Axar Patel, Ravindra Jadeja, Harshit Rana, Mohammed Shami, Kuldeep Yadav
Pakistan: Imam-ul-Haq, Babar Azam, Saud Shakeel, Mohammad Rizwan (C & WK), Salman Agha, Tayyab Tahir, Khushdil Shah, Shaheen Afridi, Naseem Shah, Haris Rauf, Abrar Ahmed
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