Hardly anyone like Kohli will be born in ODIs… Sehwag praised Virat openly

Sports News.  When Virat Kohli takes the field against New Zealand in Dubai on Sunday, he will create another big record in his name. Virat Kohli is going to play his 300th ODI match and he is being praised a lot in the cricket world for this achievement. Former explosive Indian opener Virender Sehwag also praised Kohli on this occasion and clearly said that he does not think that there will hardly be any other cricketer like him in the ODI format.

Just before Virat Kohli's 300th ODI, Virender Sehwag talked about Virat Kohli on Cricbuzz. During this, he made a big statement in praise of Kohli. Praising Virat, he said that another player like Virat Kohli will hardly come again in ODI cricket.

Virat's ODI career

Virat Kohli is considered one of the greatest players in ODI cricket history. He is constantly moving towards the top of this list. Virat has played 299 ODIs so far. During this, he has remained unbeaten 45 times in 287 innings. He has scored 14,085 runs in this format. He has scored 51 centuries so far which is the highest while 73 half-centuries also came from his bat. Kohli will be the seventh cricketer to play 300th ODI and 22nd overall.

Kohli's 300th ODI will be against New Zealand. His statistics against the Kiwi team are also amazing. He has scored 9 half centuries and 6 centuries in this format against New Zealand. During this period, his bat has produced 1645 runs in 31 innings. His average is more than 58

Virender Sehwag said, "another player like Virat Kohli hardly will come into ODI cricket again". (Cricbuzz). pic.twitter.com/MTAmrg3AxV

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Kohli's great achievements in ODIs

Virat Kohli has achieved many achievements in his ODI career so far. He is the fastest batsman to score 8000, 9000, 10000, 11000, 12000, 13000 and 14 thousand ODI runs. Out of 287, he has scored 50 plus runs in 124 innings. Virat was chosen as the 'ODI Player of the Decade' in the year 2020. While he has also been awarded the 'ICC ODI Player of the Year Award' four times.

Michael Bracewell-Ponting also praised

Before the India-New Zealand match, New Zealand player Michael Bracewell also praised Kohli and called playing 300 ODIs a great achievement. He said that playing 300 matches in all formats is great but playing so many matches in a single format is even more amazing. Former Australian player Ricky Ponting has also praised Kohli and said on the ICC podcaster that he will break Sachin Tendulkar's record of most runs in ODIs. He said that Virat is still as fit as before and he has a hunger for runs, so I cannot underestimate him at all.