The clock for the upcoming Asia Cup and ODI World Cup is ticking and the thrill of the followers can also be rising day-by-day. Team India, who might be trying to finish their decade-long ICC trophy drought within the World Cup, is just not leaving any stone unturned in its preparations. The two mega occasions are additionally particular because the Indians followers can be desperate to witness star batter Virat Kohli, taking part in blistering knocks and inching nearer in direction of the report of legendary Sachin Tendulkar.

The 34-year-old batter battled by his lean patch and roared again to kind in Asia Cup 2022 and hasn’t seemed again since then. Virat additionally confirmed his batting prowess within the 50-over format as nicely and smashed two centuries this 12 months and registered a complete of 46 ODI tons.

Seeing Kohli in a fiery kind, many followers and cricket specialists have expressed that the previous India skipper is extremely more likely to surpass Sachin’s report of 49 ODI centuries. However, former India batter Robin Uthappa acknowledged that Kohli might be focusing solely on successful matches within the upcoming occasions moderately than breaking any report.

“Virat (Kohli) doesn’t really care about breaking records anymore. We as people and fans are obsessed with it. He would much rather win matches for India irrespective of those hundreds. Virat’s focus will be on winning matches for India in the Asia Cup and World Cup. He doesn’t really care about the records,” Uthappa told Times of India.

“Whether he (Virat) achieves that milestone (breaking Sachin’s ODI centuries record) during the Asia Cup, World Cup or at any (other) point in his career, it doesn’t matter because his sole focus is on winning matches for India, not his hundreds,” mentioned Uthappa.

Recently, Kohli featured within the Test collection towards West Indies the place he smashed a century and scored a complete of 197 runs in two matches. Later, he performed one sport within the three-match ODI collection towards the Windies and was benched within the remaining two as Team India went forward with new mixtures.

Talking concerning the occasions, the Asia Cup 2023 will kick-start on August 31 and might be co-hosted by Pakistan and Sri Lanka. On the opposite hand, the ODI World Cup 2023 will start on October 5 in Ahmedabad.