In the ICC World Cup 2023 match against South Africa, Virat Kohli brings up his 71st ODI fifty and completes 500 runs.
The cricket legend of India, Virat Kohli, is once again breaking all the records for Team India as they look to post a big target against South Africa in Match 33 of the ICC World Cup 2023 in Kolkata.
The crowd at the Eden Gardens is being treated to a Kohli special as the former captain of Team India reached his 71st ODI fifty and completed 500 runs in this edition of the World Cup.
Kohli is the first Asian batsman to reach this amazing milestone and the third overall to enter the 500-run club in the tournament.
Kohli, who is also celebrating his 35th birthday, also completed his milestone of 6,000 runs in ODI cricket in India and became only the second batter after Sachin Tendulkar to achieve the feat. Tendulkar amassed 6976 runs in India and now has Kohli for company in this elite list.
Kohli also became the sixth Indian batter to manage a 50-plus score on his birthday after Sachin Tendulkar, Vinod Kambli, Navjot Singh Sidhu, Ishan Kishan, and Yusuf Pathan.