The World Cup 2023 season is well underway, the Indian team has already started their campaign with a win, Team India was seen showing a great performance against Australia in a high-voltage match last Sunday. The victory in the first match was not easy. The two leading spinners of the Indian team, Ravindra Jadeja and Kuldeep, bowled Australia for 199 runs. However, Ishan Kishan returned to the pavilion in the first over chasing a little 200 runs, Captain Rohit Sharma also returned to the pavilion in the second over without opening the account. Coming to bat at number four, Shreyas Iyer also returned to the pavilion with zero, then all the responsibility fell on Virat’s shoulders.
Team India lost 3 wickets for 4 runs chasing small runs. But from there, Virat Kohli and KL Rahul brought the match to India. Team India won the first match thanks to Virat Kohli’s 85 and KL Rahul’s 97 runs. Today Team India is going to face Afghanistan in the second match. India will face Afghanistan in the second match of the World Cup at the Arun Jaitley Stadium in Delhi on Wednesday. And Virat Kohli will be seen for the last time in this field of Delhi.
Virat Kohli is in excellent form for the Indian team, scoring the most runs in the ODI format after Shubman Gill in 2023. Currently, he has scored 697 runs in 17 matches at an average of 58.08. Kohli is a resident of Delhi, Virat has made more than 25 thousand runs in international cricket, his success started on this field in Delhi, the age of Indian team’s leading batsman Virat Kohli is 34, Kohli will turn 35 in a few days If he will play the next ODI World Cup, when his age 39. That’s why, Kohli is going to play the ODI match for the last time at home. According to sources, Virat Kohli will retire from ODIs after the World Cup.
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