Kohli made many big records in the semi-final against New Zealand. Kohli has now become the highest scoring batsman in a single edition of the World Cup. Kohli broke Sachin’s record
The first semi-final match of the Cricket World Cup was played between India and New Zealand. Virat Kohli has played a brilliant innings in this match played at Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai. Kohli made many big records during this innings.
Kohli has now become the highest scoring batsman in a single edition of the World Cup. Kohli broke Sachin’s record as soon as he scored 80 runs. Kohli has also become the batsman who has scored the most 50 plus scores in a single season of the World Cup. In this matter also, Kohli broke the record of Sachin Tendulkar, who had scored 50 or more on 7 occasions in the 2003 season.
Kohli has now come at third place in terms of scoring most runs in ODI cricket. Kohli defeated former Australian captain Ricky Ponting. Ponting had scored 13702 runs in 375 ODI Internationals at an average of 42.03. Kohli has now come joint second in terms of scoring the most 50 plus scores in international cricket.