Virat Kohli has not been able to achieve this feat in the Champions Trophy till date, the ‘dream’ has remained unfulfilled for 16 years

Rahul Tiwari

khelja|10-01-2025

Indian cricket superstar Virat Kohli has made many amazing records in his 16 years of career. He has made a series of records on the cricket field in his career spanning one and a half decade. However, in his career he has never been able to score a century in the Champions Trophy. Virat Kohli has so far scored 529 runs in 12 innings of 13 matches in this ICC tournament. During this period, 5 half centuries have come from the bat of the Indian legend. But he has not been able to score any century. The ICC Champions Trophy 2025 is starting from 19th February and now it has to be seen whether Kohli is able to end this drought of 16 years and turn the pages of the cricket book or not.

Virat's dream was broken by 4 runs

Although Virat Kohli was once very close to a century in the Champions Trophy, he was just four runs away from the century while he returned unbeaten. In the semi-final match of Champions Trophy between Bangladesh and India in 2017, Bangladesh had scored 265 runs after losing 7 wickets in 50 overs. In reply, India chased the target in the 41st over itself. Rohit Sharma played an unbeaten inning of 123 runs. Whereas Virat remained unbeaten after scoring 96 runs in 78 balls. His dream of scoring a century in the Champions Trophy was shattered by just four runs.

Bangladesh will again be Kohli's target

It is noteworthy that Virat Kohli has played the biggest innings against Bangladesh in the Champions Trophy and in this tournament starting soon, Bangladesh team will once again be Virat's target. India's first match in the Champions Trophy 2025 is against Bangladesh in Dubai on 20 February. After this, Team India will face its arch-rival Pakistan on 23 February. After this, the Indian team will face New Zealand on March 2. Let us tell you that this tournament will be held in Pakistan and Dubai. All India's matches will be played in Dubai.

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