
Sanjeev Kumar
khelja|16-01-2026
Virat Kohli's record in Indore is not goodImage Credit source: PTI
Hardly anyone would have thought that the ongoing ODI series between India and New Zealand would be decided till the last match. Considering the kind of rhythm Team India was in and the inexperienced New Zealand team, it was considered a clean sweep of the series. But this series is tied at 1-1 and now it will be decided by the last match on January 18. This match will be played in Indore and this time also the eyes will be on Virat Kohli, who did not play in the last match and Team India had to face defeat.
But can Team India rely on Kohli in this match? Statistics do not testify to this.The former captain of Team India started this series by continuing his excellent form. Those who scored century after century against South Africa Kohli Had played an excellent inning of 93 runs in the first match played in Vadodara. This was his 5th consecutive score of more than fifty. But in the second match played in Rajkot, he was out after scoring only 23 runs. However, despite this small score, there is no question about Kohli's form but will he be able to make a comeback in Indore?
This question is arising because Virat Kohli's record at Holkar Stadium in Indore is not very good. The former Indian captain has neither scored a century nor been able to score a half-century on this ground. All this is a distant thing, he doesn't even have 100 runs on this ground. Kohli has scored only 99 runs in 4 matches on this ground. His biggest score is only 33 runs. In such a situation, now the focus is on whether Kohli will be able to change his history on this field or not? Will he be able to score his first half-century and century here? If Kohli continues then Team India can win.
Well, if we talk about the most successful batsman on this field, then Team India's former opener Virender Sehwag has scored a lot of runs. Sehwag had scored 220 runs in only 2 matches here, out of which he scored 219 runs in a single innings. At the second position is the current captain Shubman Gill who has scored 216 runs in 2 innings and scored 2 centuries. Whereas Rohit Sharma has scored 205 runs in 5 innings, in which one century and one half-century came from the bat of 'Hitman'.
In such a situation, good performance will be expected from the star opening pair.



