New Delhi, 06 November 2026: On the occasion of Virat Kohli's 38th birthday, a video was shared by Star Sports in which a conversation with the cricketer was shown. Kohli was asked to choose the best performance from his two one-day (ODI) innings; Once he chose an inning, it was compared with another memorable inning and he was asked to choose again. Out of the many innings in which he scored a century, he finally chose an inning in which he had not even reached the 50-run mark.
Two of his innings presented before Virat Kohli were his unbeaten 133-run innings against Sri Lanka in 2012 and Rameli's 35-run innings against the same opponent in the 2011 ODI World Cup final. Kohli chose this innings of 35 runs as his best innings.
He considered his innings of 35 runs in the World Cup final as more important than his innings of 35 runs against Australia in 2023, 122 runs against England in 2017 and 160 runs against South Africa in 2018.
Innings of 43 runs was chosen as the best
Virat Kohli considered Rumeli's innings of 43 runs against England in the 2013 Champions Trophy final as better than his 35-run innings in the 2011 World Cup final.
Apart from that memorable 43-run innings, other options were also put in front of him, such as 183-run innings against Pakistan in 2012, 138-run innings against South Africa in 2015 and Rameli's 107-run innings against Pakistan in the same year (2015). Nevertheless, every time he chose the innings of 43 runs and considered it his best one-day (ODI) innings till date.