Virat Kohli excelled in the first match of the World Cup and gave Team India a wonderful victory. Along with him, KL Rahul also performed brilliantly and team India won against Australia by six wickets. In this match, Kohli, who stood firmly at the crease while facing the Australian bowlers, scored 85 runs with six fours in 116 balls. Hazlewood was bowled as he was heading towards the century. Kohli broke six records in ODI cricket and World Cup history through this match.
Virat Kohli became the team India fielder who took the most catches in the World Cup. Kohli took 15 catches in the World Cup. Kumble previously held this record with 14 catches. Kohli broke his record by the match against Australia.
Virat Kohli stands at the number one place as the cricketer who scored the most runs in the chase in ODI cricket. Kohli has so far scored 5517 runs in the chase. Kohli leapfrogged Sachin (5490 runs) to the top spot. Apart from that, Kohli surpassed Sachin Tendulkar’ record as the team India cricketer who scored the most runs in the ICC tournament. Kohli scored 2780 runs, Sachin scored 2719 runs.
Kohli became the fastest cricketer to complete 13000 runs as a non-opener in ODIs. Also, Kohli has written a new record in his name as the player who scored 50 plus runs most times as a non-opener. Through this match, Kohli set another record as the fastest cricketer to complete 11,000 runs by batting at the third position.