One of the great batsmen of India Virat Kohli Today is the birthday of. He was born on 5 November 1988 in Delhi. Today he lives with his family in London. However, currently Kohli is playing ODI series in New Zealand. In the first match played on 4 November, he scored the second fastest fifty of his career and scored 74 runs in 51 balls with the help of 13 fours and 1 six. Thanks to his innings, India defeated New Zealand by 5 wickets and took an unassailable 1-0 lead in the three-match series.
A video of Kohli is going viral, in which he is asked to choose one of his two innings. Kohli chose the innings of 35 runs played against Sri Lanka in the 2011 World Cup over his unbeaten inning of 133 runs played against Sri Lanka in 2012.
However, when Kohli was asked to choose between the inning of 43 runs played against England in the 2013 Champions Trophy final and the inning of 35 runs played against Sri Lanka in the World Cup, Kohli chose the inning of 43 runs. Apart from this inning, he also termed 183 runs played against Pakistan in 2012, 138 runs played against South Africa in 2015 and 107 runs played against Pakistan in 2015 as low.
Why is this innings special?
This inning is special for Kohli because, thanks to his innings, India defeated England by 5 runs in a thrilling match and captured the trophy. The captain of the team at that time was Mahendra Singh Dhoni. This innings came at a time when the Indian team was in trouble.
When did this shift come?
This inning of 43 runs by Kohli came on 23 June 2013. India lost its first wicket in the form of Rohit Sharma at the score of 16 runs. Rohit could score only 9 runs. After this, the team got the second blow in the form of Shikhar Dhawan on the score of 50 runs. Dhawan scored 31 runs. After this the Indian team suffered three consecutive setbacks. Dinesh Karthik was out on the score of 64 runs, while Suresh Raina and MS Dhoni were out on the score of 66 runs. Karthik scored 6 runs and Raina scored 1 run, while Dhoni could not even open his account.
However, at one end, Kohli stood firm like a rock. Ravindra Jadeja supported him well. There was a partnership of 47 runs between the two for the sixth wicket. Jadeja remained unbeaten on 33 and Bhuvneshwar Kumar remained unbeaten on 1 run. Ashwin also scored 1 run. For England, Ravi Bopara took 3 wickets, while James Anderson, Stuart Broad and James Tredwell took 1 wicket each.
England’s batsmen were helpless in front of Indian bowling.
Chasing the target of 130 runs set by India, the England team could only score 124 runs at the loss of 8 wickets and lost the match by 5 runs. Eoin Morgan scored 33, Ravi Bopara scored 30, Jonathan Trott scored 20 and Ian Bell scored 13 runs. 4 batsmen could not touch double figures. Jadeja, Ashwin and Ishant Sharma took 2 wickets each, while Umesh Yadav got 1 wicket. Shikhar Dhawan was adjudged Player of the Series, while Jadeja was adjudged Player of the Match.