Virat on new mission (Photo: PTI)

IND vs NZ, 1st ODI: Team India is going to start the year 2026 with an ODI series against New Zealand. With this, Virat Kohli's 'Mission 343' will also start. Now you might be wondering what is 'Mission 343'? This is related to the exploits of Virat Kohli against New Zealand. Virat Kohli has already executed such missions. He has done this before against teams from 3 countries. That means New Zealand can become the fourth country if Virat Kohli does the same against them.

How is Kohli's performance against New Zealand?

Virat Kohli has scored 1657 runs in 33 innings of 33 ODIs played so far against New Zealand.

If this happens New Zealand will become the fourth country

Virat Kohli has so far scored 2000 plus runs in ODIs against 3 countries. His highest score of 2652 runs is against Sri Lanka. After this he has scored 2525 runs against Australia. Whereas against West Indies he has scored 2261 runs.

Record against New Zealand in India, will Kohli's mission be completed?

Now the question is whether it will be easy for Virat Kohli to score 343 runs in the 3-match ODI series? If this will not be easy for Virat, it will not be difficult either. This is because they have to face New Zealand on Indian soil, where their record has been strong. Virat Kohli has scored 1122 runs at an average of 74.8 in the 18 ODIs played in India against New Zealand.