Virat Kohli has once again done wonders with his batting. In the high-voltage match of the Champions Trophy 2025, not only scored a brilliant century against Pakistan but also won Team India. In this match played in Dubai, Team India registered a win by 6 wickets and won their second consecutive win in the tournament. This historic innings of Kohli made him "Player of the Match" Got the title of, but with this he made a world record that even the great Sachin Tendulkar could not make.
Virat Kohli has won the Player of the Match Award for the fifth time in the ICC tournaments against Pakistan. He has become the first cricketer in the world to achieve this feat against any one team. Before Kohli, Sachin Tendulkar also could not win this honor against any one team in ICC tournaments so many times. With this record, Kohli has left many legendary cricketers including Sachin.
India bowled first in this match and stopped Pakistan for 241 runs. Team India, who came out to chase the target, did not have a good start, but Kohli came to number 3 and took over the innings. He scored an unbeaten century by showing the best mix of patience and aggression and gave India a great victory. India achieved the target at the loss of 4 wickets in 42.3 overs.
Virat Kohli's record in ICC tournaments against Pakistan has been tremendous.
2012 T20 World Cup: 78 runs
2015 ODI World Cup: 107 runs
2016 T20 World Cup: 55 runs
2022 T20 World Cup: 82 runs
2025 Champions Trophy: 100 runs
Apart from Kohli's century, Indian bowlers also performed brilliantly. Kuldeep Yadav took 3 wickets, while Hardik Pandya took 2 wickets and stopped Pakistan from scoring a big score. At the same time, Shubman Gill and Shreyas Iyer along with Kohli led India towards victory.
After the match, Virat Kohli said, "Playing against Pakistan is always special. Such innings mean more to the team. I tried to maintain my rhythm and focused on winning the team. This victory is very important for us."
