ICC ODI World Cup 2023: World Cup 2023 is going to start from 5th October. At the same time, India will play its first match against Australia on 8 October. This time the names of many legendary players are included in the World Cup. It includes Virat Kohli, Rohit Sharma, R. Other names like Ashwin, Ravindra Jadeja are included. However, among all these, Virat Kohli will be the only player who will play his fourth World Cup.
Virat Kohli will play his fourth World Cup
Veteran cricketer Virat Kohli will make the record of playing the World Cup 4 times as soon as he plays the first match of this World Cup. There are already many players in this list who have played their third World Cup. Players who have played four World Cups include names like Kapil Dev, Sunil Gavaskar, Anil Kumble, MS Dhoni and others. Now Virat Kohli’s name will also be added to this list.
Sachin Tendulkar is on top
Veteran former Indian cricketer Sachin Tendulkar has topped this list after playing a total of six ODI World Cups in his career. Apart from this, there are many other players including Ricky Ponting, Mahela Jayawardene, Jacques Kallis, who have played five ODI World Cups each in their cricket career.
Played his first ODI World Cup at the age of 22
Virat Kohli played his first ODI World Cup in 2011 at the age of 22. He scored a brilliant century by scoring 100* (83) in his first World Cup match against Bangladesh. After this, Virat Kohli scored a brilliant 59 runs against West Indies and scored an important 35 (49) runs against Sri Lanka in the final.