{"id":10995,"date":"2025-02-23T22:19:58","date_gmt":"2025-02-23T16:49:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bynewsindia.com\/?p=10995"},"modified":"2025-02-23T22:19:58","modified_gmt":"2025-02-23T16:49:58","slug":"india-crushes-pakistan-in-champions-trophy-kohli-hits-51st-ton","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/khabar18.jantabuletin.in\/?p=10995","title":{"rendered":"IND vs PAK: India Crushes Pakistan in Champions Trophy, Kohli Slams Record-Breaking 51st Century! Third Top Scorer in International Cricket"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>Champions Trophy<\/strong>: India avenged its 2017 Champions Trophy final defeat by crushing Pakistan by 6 wickets in Dubai. With this loss, Pakistan faces possible elimination from the tournament. Batting first, Pakistan posted 241 runs, with Saud Shakeel top-scoring with 62 and Mohammad Rizwan adding 46. Kuldeep Yadav shone with the ball, taking 3 wickets, while Hardik Pandya picked up 2 crucial dismissals.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Chasing 242, India comfortably reached the target in 42.3 overs, thanks to <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Virat_Kohli\">Virat Kohli<\/a>\u2019s unbeaten 100, Shreyas Iyer\u2019s solid 56, and Shubman Gill\u2019s quick 46. Shaheen Afridi took 2 wickets, while Abrar Ahmed and Khushdil Shah claimed one each.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-rank-math-toc-block\" id=\"rank-math-toc\"><nav><ul><li class=\"\"><a href=\"#2-heroes-of-indias-victory\">Champions Trophy: 2 heroes of India&#8217;s victory<\/a><\/li><li class=\"\"><a href=\"#2-reasons-for-pakistans-defeat\">Champions Trophy: 2 Reasons for Pakistan&#8217;s defeat<\/a><\/li><li class=\"\"><a href=\"#playing-11\">Playing-11<\/a><ul><li class=\"\"><a href=\"#rizwan-said-could-not-take-advantage-of-the-toss\">Rizwan said \u2013 could not take advantage of the toss<\/a><\/li><li class=\"\"><a href=\"#my-responsibility-increased-after-rohit-was-out-kohli\">My responsibility increased after Rohit was out- Kohli<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Kohli\u2019s century was historic\u2014his 51st in ODIs, making him the third-highest run-scorer in international cricket, surpassing Ricky Ponting\u2019s 27,483 runs. He also became the fastest batsman to reach 14,000 ODI runs and set a new Indian record with 158 catches in ODIs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>With this emphatic win, India strengthens its position in the tournament, while Pakistan faces an uphill battle for survival.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/bynewsindia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Virat-kohli.jpeg\" alt=\"Kohli scored 100 runs in 111 balls. He completed his 51st ODI century with a four.\" class=\"wp-image-10997\" style=\"width:622px;height:auto\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Kohli scored 100 runs in 111 balls. He completed his 51st ODI century with a four.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"2-heroes-of-indias-victory\">Champions Trophy: <strong>2 heroes of India&#8217;s victory<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Virat Kohli: Played an innings of 100 runs<\/strong>\u00a0Virat Kohli played an innings of 100 runs on 111 balls. He came to play after Rohit Sharma was out and kept the Indian innings tied. Virat played out Abrar&#8217;s overs with patience and then scored runs quickly.<br><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Kuldeep Yadav: Took 3 wickets, stopped Pakistan from scoring runs in death overs<\/strong>\u00a0Kuldeep took 3 wickets. He took the wickets of Salman Agha, Shaheen Afridi and Naseem Shah in the death overs. Due to this, Pakistan team could not score many runs in the death overs.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"2-reasons-for-pakistans-defeat\">Champions Trophy: <strong>2 Reasons for Pakistan&#8217;s defeat<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Slow batting:<\/strong>\u00a0After losing 2 wickets in the powerplay, Pakistan batted very slowly in the middle overs. Mohammad Rizwan and Saud Shakeel made a partnership of 104 runs in 144 balls. The team could score only 131 runs in 180 balls between 11 and 40 overs.<br><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Lack of spinners:<\/strong>\u00a0Pakistan gave chance to only one full time spinner Abrar Ahmed in the playing-11. He took 1 wicket for 28 runs in 10 overs. The rest of the spinners could not support him. The team did not even keep leg spin all-rounder Shadab Khan in the squad.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"playing-11\"><strong>Playing-11<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>India: <\/strong><br><strong>Rohit Sharma (captain),<\/strong> Shubman Gill, Virat Kohli, Shreyas Iyer, KL Rahul (wicketkeeper), Hardik Pandya, Axar Patel, Ravindra Jadeja, Kuldeep Yadav, Mohammed Shami and Harshit Rana.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Pakistan: <\/strong><br><strong>Mohammad Rizwan (captain and wicketkeeper),<\/strong> Imam ul Haq, Saud Shakeel, Babar Azam, Salman Agha, Tayyab Tahir, Khushdil Shah, Naseem Shah, Shaheen Shah Afridi, Haris Rauf and Abrar Ahmed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"rizwan-said-could-not-take-advantage-of-the-toss\"><strong><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-red-color\">Rizwan said \u2013 could not take advantage of the toss<\/mark><\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>Pakistan captain Mohammad Rizwan said- <strong><em>We won the toss but couldn&#8217;t take advantage of it. We wanted to score 280 runs but the Indian bowlers did well in the middle overs. Saud and I played bad shots and lost wickets. Kohli and Gill took the game away from us.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"my-responsibility-increased-after-rohit-was-out-kohli\"><strong><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-red-color\">My responsibility increased after Rohit was out- Kohli<\/mark><\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>Player of the match Virat Kohli said- <strong><em>I am feeling good after batting like this in an important match. Our hopes of reaching the semi-finals were based on this match. After Rohit was out, my responsibility increased even more. I was trying to control the middle overs, taking less risk against the spinners, but charging the pacers. I am happy with my batting, this is how I bat. I know my game. I just don&#8217;t want to listen to outside voices and want to give all my energy to my game. I like to fulfill the expectations of the team, especially like to win such matches.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Also read:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/bynewsindia.com\/sports\/ind-vs-ban-records-rohits-11k-odi-runs-shamis-200-wickets\/\"><strong>IND vs BAN: Rohit\u2019s 11K Runs, Shami\u2019s 200 Wickets &amp; Gill\u2019s Fastest 8 Centuries\u2014Records Tumble in Champions Trophy 2025!<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"gsp_post_data\" data-post_type=\"post\" data-cat=\"sports\" data-modified=\"120\" data-title=\"IND vs PAK: India Crushes Pakistan in Champions Trophy, Kohli Slams Record-Breaking 51st Century! Third Top Scorer in International Cricket\" data-home=\"https:\/\/khabar18.jantabuletin.in\"><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Champions Trophy: India avenged its 2017 Champions Trophy final defeat by crushing Pakistan by 6 wickets in Dubai. With this loss, Pakistan faces possible elimination from the tournament. Batting first, Pakistan posted 241 runs, with Saud Shakeel top-scoring with 62 and Mohammad Rizwan adding 46. Kuldeep Yadav shone with the ball, taking 3 wickets, while<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":10996,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_eb_attr":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[195],"tags":[93,95,571,572,207,208,753,244,196,509,99,251],"class_list":{"0":"post-10995","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-sports","8":"tag-bynews","9":"tag-bynewsindia","10":"tag-champions-trophy","11":"tag-champions-trophy-2025","12":"tag-cricket","13":"tag-cricket-news-2","14":"tag-ind-vs-pak","15":"tag-rohit-sharma","16":"tag-sports-news","17":"tag-team-india","18":"tag-top-stories","19":"tag-virat-kohli"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/khabar18.jantabuletin.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10995","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/khabar18.jantabuletin.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/khabar18.jantabuletin.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/khabar18.jantabuletin.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/khabar18.jantabuletin.in\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=10995"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/khabar18.jantabuletin.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10995\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/khabar18.jantabuletin.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/khabar18.jantabuletin.in\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=10995"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/khabar18.jantabuletin.in\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=10995"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/khabar18.jantabuletin.in\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=10995"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}