Champions Trophy: How airborne Phillips's stunning catch dismissed Virat Kohli
What's the story
Indian batter Virat Kohli was spellbound by a stunning catch from New Zealand's Glenn Phillips in their 2025 ICC Champions Trophy encounter in Dubai.
Kohli, who scored a match-winning century against Pakistan in his last game, could only manage 11 runs against the Black Caps.
Phillips's stunning diving catch at backward point sent Kohli back. The latter is featuring in his 300th ODI.
Catch
How Phillips flew to grab Kohli's catch
The match was especially important for Kohli as it was his 300th appearance. However, Phillips had the last laugh by dismissing Kohli with a stunning catch.
The Indian batter played a fierce cut off Matt Henry's bowling. But it went straight into the hands of Phillips, who dived to his right.
The replay showed that Phillips was airborne and took less than a second to grab the ball.
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ODI legacy
Kohli's 300th ODI appearance
At the toss, Kohli became the seventh Indian with 300-plus appearances in ODI cricket.
He joins Sachin Tendulkar (463), MS Dhoni (347), Rahul Dravid (340), Mohammad Azharuddin (334), Sourav Ganguly (308), and Yuvraj Singh (301) on this list.
Rohit Sharma, India's incumbent ODI skipper, is just behind Kohli with 271 appearances in the format.
Kohli is one of only three men with 14,000-plus runs in ODIs.