The former India captain becomes the seventh Indian and 22nd overall to reach this milestone
India's batting star Virat Kohli is all set to represent his country by playing his 300th One-Day International (ODI) match as the Men In Blue go head-to-head against New Zealand in the Group A, Champions Trophy 2025 match in Dubai on Sunday. (IND vs NZ Blog | Full Coverage | Cricket News)
Kohli becomes the seventh Indian and 22nd overall to achieve this milestone. Kohli's ODI debut came way back in 2008 against Sri Lanka in Dambulla. Since then, the former captain has amassed 14,085 runs including 51 centuries - the most by any batter in this format.
Kohli has led India in 95 ODIs including the 2017 Champions Trophy and the 2019 ODI World Cup.
Indians who have played more than 300 ODIs
1) Sachin Tendulkar - 463 matches
2) MS Dhoni - 347 matches
3) Rahul Dravid - 340 matches
4) M Azharuddin - 334 matches
5) Sourav Ganguly - 308 matches
6) Yuvraj Singh - 301 matches
Earlier, NZ captain Mitchell Santner won the toss and opted to field in their ICC Champions Trophy 2025 tie against India in Dubai on Sunday. Both the sides are through to the semi-finals but the winner of today's tie will play Australia, whereas the loser plays South Africa in the other semi.
India: Rohit Sharma(c), Shubman Gill, Virat Kohli, Shreyas Iyer, Axar Patel, KL Rahul(w), Hardik Pandya, Ravindra Jadeja, Mohammed Shami, Kuldeep Yadav, Varun Chakravarthy
New Zealand: Will Young, Rachin Ravindra, Kane Williamson, Daryl Mitchell, Tom Latham(w), Glenn Phillips, Michael Bracewell, Mitchell Santner(c), Matt Henry, Kyle Jamieson, William ORourke