5 times Virat Kohli owned the Pakistan bowling attack

#1 Asia Cup – Dhaka, 2012

The then 23-year-old built two massively important partnerships with Sachin Tendulkar and Yuvraj Singh

This is an innings that needs no introduction! Saurav Ganguly did it in 1999, Dhoni did it in 2005 and Kohli did it in 2012. The one thing that the three Indian captains have in common is their highest ODI score of 183. Dhoni and Kohli remained unbeaten at the end of it all. The latter probably did it in the most high-pressure situations at the biggest of stages.

India needed a victory in this match to keep their chances alive in the tournament. Pakistan batted first and thanks to sensational centuries from both its opening batsmen, strutted to a humungous total of 329. It looked almost impossible for India to chase such a gargantuan total this time around.

However, India had a magician named Kohli. Right since he came out to face the 3^rd delivery of the innings, his bat effused confidence and his strokeplay ensued magic as he went on to win the match for his country and his countrymen.

The then 23-year-old built two massively important partnerships with Sachin Tendulkar and Yuvraj Singh while storming to 183* off just 148 balls.

His mammoth innings led to India chasing the target with more than three overs to spare. It also was their highest run chase of all time, overtaking the historic 326 chased at Lords.