Virat Kohli eyes 2 big run-scoring records in IND vs NZ final

ICC Champions Trophy 2025 Leading run-scorers update: India’s ace batter Virat Kohli will be in focus during the run chase in the final against New Zealand in Dubai on Sunday as he aims to win a third ICC 50-over title. Besides the collective goal, Kohli will be on the cusp of topping multiple milestones during the innings.
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With 217 runs in four innings, including a century against Pakan and a match-winning fifty in semi-final against Australia, Kohli is fourth on the batting charts of the tournament, with Englishmen Ben Duckett (227), Joe Root (225) and New Zealand’s Rachin Ravindra (263) ahead of him. However, the 36-year-old Kohli can gun down two milestones during India’s chase to clinch a record third Champions Trophy title.
Kohli needs 46 runs to become the top-scorer of the Champions Trophy 2025 edition and also surpass Chris Gayle (791) as the highest run-scorer ever in the hory of the Champions Trophy. Kohli’s best campaign was in the 2017 CT edition in England where he scored 258 runs in five innings.
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Among Indian batters this season, Shreyas Iyer follows Kohli with 195 runs in four outings.
Most runs in Champions Trophy 2025

Player
Inns
Runs
HS
Ave
SR
100
50

Rachin Ravindra
4
263
112
65.75
106.47
2
–

Ben Duckett
3
227
165
75.66
108.61
1
–

Joe Root
3
225
120
75
96.56
1
1

Virat Kohli
4
217
100*
72.33
83.14
1
1

Ibrahim Zadran
3
216
177
72
106.4
1
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