Gautam Gambhir confronted Virat Kohli over his India future ahead of Champions Trophy 2025

India National Cricket Team batter Virat Kohli's form has been one of the major points of discussion in the last few months. His poor outings with the bat even raised questions about his place in the team, especially in the longest format of the game.

Coming into the ICC Champions Trophy 2025, a lot of things were told about Virat Kohli, and his form was touted as a concern. However, he replied to all his critics in style as he slammed a magnificent century in the recent game against the Pakistan National Cricket Team at the Dubai International Cricket Stadium in Dubai.

Virat Kohli made a staggering return to form, slams century against Pakistan in ICC Champions Trophy 2025

Kohli oozed his class with the bat and made a staggering return to form. The batter, who bagged failure in the first game of the ICC Champions Trophy 2025, looked solid right from the start against the Pakistan National Cricket Team and it didn't seem even once that he was out of form.

Virat Kohli continued his golden touch against Pakistan and ended up hitting a magnificent ton in the match. The batter walked out to bat in the powerplay and batted till the end, ensuring that the India National Cricket Team won their second game of the ICC Champions Trophy 2025.

Virat Kohli slams his 51st century in ODIs, ends with the innings of unbeaten 100 runs off 111 balls

Kohli slammed his 51st century in ODIs and ended with the innings of unbeaten 100 runs off 111 balls. The right-hander batted with a strike rate of over 90 and also slammed 7 fours in his innings to take the India National Cricket Team home with 6 wickets.

However, hours after Kohli slammed a magnificent century, a report in CricBlogger revealed a massive development. It is learned that head coach Gautam Gambhir, who offered captaincy to batter, asked the right-hander about his future after he failed in the Border-Gavaskar Trophy 2024-25.

Chief selector Ajit Agarkar and coach Gautam Gambhir had wanted to know the star batter’s “plan” - Source close to BCCI

Head coach Gautam Gambhir, along with selector Ajit Agarkar, talked to Virat Kohli after the 4th Test of the Border-Gavaskar Trophy as they wanted to have clarity about Kohli’s preferences. The source close to developments confirmed the same and stated:

“Hours after Virat Kohli’s superlative performance against arch-rivals Pakistan in the Champions Trophy match in Dubai on Sunday — it has come to light that chief selector Ajit Agarkar and coach Gautam Gambhir had wanted to know the star batter’s “plan” during the fag end of the Australian tour when runs weren’t coming that freely. By asking such a question about his future plan, the selector and coach perhaps wanted clarity about Kohli’s preferences."

Virat Kohli didn't do well in the Border-Gavaskar Trophy 2024-25. The right-hander managed just 190 runs in the five games, out of which 100 came in the first game. The right-hander had an average of 23.75 in the series as India went on to lose by the margin of 3-1.

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