IND against NZ ICC Champions Trophy 2025: In last week’s encounter against bitter rivals Pakistan, India’s top batsman Virat Kohli hit a game-winning hundred. After hitting seven fours in 111 balls, he reached his century. In 42.3 overs, he assisted the team in reaching the goal of 242 runs. He was also chosen as the Player of the Match because of his game-winning effort.

When India plays New Zealand in their final group-stage encounter on Sunday in Dubai, Virat, who has now amassed 51 hundreds in this format, will want to maintain his incredible form and score a significant amount of runs once again.

He is aiming for several records as he will be playing his 300th ODI match against New Zealand.

Let’s look at all seven of the main records that Virat Kohli may break on Sunday in the ICC Champions Trophy 2025 match against New Zealand:

1. Most runs for India in the Champions Trophy: After participating in 15 Champions Trophy games so far, he has amassed 651 runs. He will overtake Shikhar Dhawan and become the nation’s top run scorer in tournament history if he scores 51 runs in the next match against New Zealand. After participating in seven Champions Trophy games, Dhawan has amassed 701 runs.

2. Most runs in Champions Trophy: If Kohli hits 142 runs against the Black Caps, he may surpass Chris Gayle’s record and become the tournament’s all-time top scorer. After participating in 17 Champion Trophy games, Gayle had amassed 791 runs.

3. The most runs scored by India in ODIs against New Zealand: Since making his ODI debut against New Zealand in August 2008, Kohli has participated in 31 games against them and amassed 1645 runs. He would become the nation’s top run scorer in ODIs against New Zealand if he managed to get 106 runs, surpassing Sachin Tendulkar’s record of 1750 runs. Against New Zealand, Ricky Ponting holds the record for most runs scored in this format. He has participated in 51 games and scored 1971 runs.

4. Most hundreds against New Zealand in ODIs: After playing in 31 ODIs against New Zealand so far, he has hammered six hundreds. Kohli would become the first batsman to reach seven hundred runs in this format against the Kiwis if he were to get a hundred on Sunday. In this format, Kohli and Virender Sehwag have now amassed the same amount of hundreds against New Zealand. And Ponting, who scored six hundred against New Zealand to cap off their international career.

5. The Champions Trophy and ICC ODI tournaments with the most 50+ scores: The best batsman for India has amassed 23 half-centuries in ICC competitions and six in the Champions Trophy. He would become the first batter to strike seven half-centuries in the current mega-event and 24 in ICC events if he were to smash a fifty against the Mitchell Santner-led team. Alongside him, Sachin Tendulkar has amassed 23 half-centuries in ICC ODI competitions, while Shikhar Dhawan, Rahul Dravid, and Sourav Ganguly have each hammered six half-centuries in the Champions Trophy.

6. Second-leading run scorer in ODIs: During the intense match against bitter rivals Pakistan, Kohli became the second-fastest batter to reach 14,000 ODI runs. If he scores 150 runs against New Zealand, he will surpass Kumar Sangakarra’s record and take second place in this format. Sangakkara has participated in 404 games and amassed 14,231 runs.

7. Second most effective fielder in ODIs: In addition to surpassing Mohammed Azharuddin’s record of 156 catches, Kohli emerged as the nation’s most effective fielder in the 50-over format. He may become the second-most successful fielder behind Mahela Jayawardene and will exceed Ricky Ponting’s record of 160 catches if he manages to make three more against the Black Caps.

In the 2023 ODI World Cup, he played in this format for the last time against New Zealand, when he eclipsed Tendulkar’s record of 49 hundreds with 117 runs.