Virat Kohli falls seven runs short of century in ODI against New Zealand

The king of cricket and arguably the greatest batsman of the modern era, Virat Kohli, has once again done what he has been doing with ease for the past several years. The opponent was New Zealand, and the venue was Vadodara for the first ODI.

New Zealand batted first and posted a score of 300 runs. This is a formidable score, not easy to chase on any given day. But Virat Kohli seemed to have picked up his bat precisely to make such tasks look easy. And when it comes to chasing, there's no greater cricketer than him. In this match, while chasing a big target, Virat played a brilliant innings of 93 runs, but he missed his 54th ODI century and 85th international century by just 7 runs.

Virat Kohli in phenomenal form

It wouldn't be wrong to say that Virat is once again in the best form of his career. Whether batting first or chasing, stopping Virat is currently impossible. In his last 5 international matches, Virat has scored 2 centuries and three unbeaten half-centuries. Not only that, Virat also completed 28,000 international runs in this very match. But despite all this, he missed his magnificent century by just 7 runs.