The 17th match of the World Cup 2023 was played between India and Bangladesh in Pune. Bangladesh captain Nazmul Hossain Shanto won the toss and decided to bat first. Bangladesh could score only 256 runs at the loss of 8 wickets in the stipulated 50 overs.
While chasing this target, India achieved it in 41.3 overs by losing just 3 wickets due to the brilliant innings of Rohit Sharma, Shubman Gill, and Virat Kohli. In which Virat Kohli played a match-winning inning of 103 runs unbeaten. Gave a big reaction during the match presentation.
Virat Kohli give a big statement after the century:
India achieved its fourth consecutive win against Bangladesh in the World Cup 2023. In this match, Bangladesh was in a strong position in the beginning. But in the second spell, the Indian bowlers made a comeback for India. Ravindra proved to be the most economical bowler in this match. Who took 2 wickets for 38 runs in 10 overs. But Virat Kohli snatched the man of the match from him by playing a century. After which he apologized to him during the match presentation.
While talking, he said, “Jadeja, forgive me, I snatched this off-day match from you. I was trying to finish this time. I was scoring fifty in the tournament but I was not scoring a century. In the first four Getting two free hits off the ball was like a dream. The pitch was very good. The batting was easy. Everyone in our team is supporting each other and we have a great atmosphere in the dressing room.”
Talking further, Virat Kohli said, “Playing the World Cup in India is always a good feeling. We wanted to take full advantage of it. We understand that it is a long tournament, and you need to create some momentum in the changing room so that people can come out and play like this. Playing at home, playing in front of all these people is a special feeling, we want to make the most of it.”
Virat Kohli completed 26000 runs:
Virat Kohli is slowly moving towards breaking Sachin Tendulkar’s record. Virat has completed 48 centuries in ODI cricket against Bangladesh. He is one century behind Sachin Tendulkar, Who has 49 centuries. With this, he completed the fastest 26000 runs in international cricket. He achieved this position in 577 innings. Earlier this record was in the name of veteran cricketer Sachin Tendulkar who had achieved the figure of 26000 in 601 innings.
