Champions Trophy 2025: Virat Kohli On Cusp Of Huge Record, Set To Join Sachin Tendulkar, Zaheer Khan In Exclusive List

India are set to face New Zealand in the much anticipated Champions Trophy 2025 final on March 9. The Men In Blue are into their third consecutive ICC white ball final and have had a fine run in the tournament so far.

Virat Kohli On Cusp Of Huge Record Against New Zealand In Champions Trophy Final

Virat Kohli has looked in good touch and played an excellent knock of 84 runs against Australia in the semifinal to pave the way for Hardik Pandya and KL Rahul, who easily finished the match. The 36-year-old already has broken a plethora of records and is on the verge of another huge milestone. Virat is certain to start in the summit clash on March 9, and if he does feature for India, he will be added to an exclusive list. This will be his 5th ICC ODI final and only a few with the likes of Sachin Tendulkar and Zaheer Khan have achieved this record so far.

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Virat Kohli Will Be Eager To Maintain His Fine Run

Virat didn't have the perfect start against Bangladesh as he was dismissed very cheaply. But he did bring up his 51st ODI ton against Pakistan followed by a stupendous knock against Australia. The former Indian skipper has already retired from the shortest format and this could emerge to be his stage before he hangs up his boots from ODI cricket.

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He received severe criticism for his performance in the Border Gavaskar Trophy as India lost the five-match Test series 3-1 and crashed out of the World Test Championship. Virat did play a brilliant innings in the T20 World Cup final against South Africa last year and will be determined to replicate his heroics once again. Alongside Virat, Varun Chakravarthy will hold a crucial role against the Kiwis. The KKR spinner only made his ODI debut in the England series recently and has already had a breakthrough ODI career.