New Delhi: The Champions Trophy 2025 saw an exciting match between India and Pakistan, in which Indian batsman Virat Kohli won the team with his strong innings. Kohli scored an excellent innings of 100 runs and completed his century with fours, winning the match by 6 wickets. However, there was a chance in this match when Kohli could suffer a big loss. If the Pakistan team was cautious and appealed at the right time, Kohli could not even score a half -century. In fact, on a private score of 41 runs, Kohli had a lapse, which could dismiss him as per the rules.
During the commentary, Indian cricket veteran Sunil Gavaskar reacted to Kohli's mistake. He said that Virat should have avoided such mistake. If the players of Pakistan had appealed, they could probably be dismissed under the 'Obstructing the Field' rule.
According to cricket rules, if a batsman deliberately prevents the player of the fielding team from catching, throw or stumping, he can be dismissed under the 'Obstructing the Field'. In this match, Virat Kohli tried to stop the throw of the fielding team by hand. If Pakistan had appealed, the umpires could have decided on it and Kohli could have been called out.
However, despite this incident, Virat Kohli continued his brilliant batting and completed the 82nd international century of his career. He scored 100 runs in 111 balls, including 7 magnificent fours. Apart from this, during this innings, Kohli also crossed the 14,000 runs in his ODI career, which is a major achievement. In this memorable match of India, Kohli's innings showed the team's way of victory, but it was also clear that every small mistake on the field could cause a big loss. Read also: Rizwan started doing Allah-Allah in the middle match, Rohit stopped speaking to Pakistanis after reading Mahamrityunjaya Mantra!
