Virat Kohli on Tuesday accomplished his forty fifth consecutive century in ODI cricket within the first three-match ODI collection in opposition to Sri Lanka. It was additionally his 73rd century in worldwide cricket.
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With this century, Kohli achieved one other ODI milestone, equaling Sachin Tendulkar’s report of 20 ODI tons at dwelling. While Tendulkar reached the landmark in 164 matches, Kohli did so in 101 matches.
Kohli additionally surpassed Sachin Tendulkar’s report of scoring most centuries in opposition to Sri Lanka in ODIs. Tendulkar has eight whereas Kohli has 9.
Earlier, Kohli ended his ODI century drought throughout India’s tour of Bangladesh. The quantity 3 batsman remained with out a century for 1214 days. The former India skipper had surpassed batting legend Ricky Ponting when he final scored an ODI century.
Kohli is simply 5 ODI lots of away from breaking Tendulkar’s report of most lots of within the format. Kohli has 45 ODI centuries to his title, whereas Tendulkar has scored 49 ODI lots of in his profession.
Kohli will seemingly break extra ODI data as India have a packed ODI calendar – 15 matches excluding the Asia Cup – within the 10-month window within the build-up to the World Cup in October-November.
Kohli can break one other report as he wants 180 extra runs to enter the highest 5 all-time run-getters in ODIs. In the elite listing, Kohli is behind solely Tendulkar, Sangakkara, Ponting, Jayasuriya and Jayawardene.
Kohli’s record-
Most ODI centuries vs a crew:
9 Virat Kohli Vs WI
9 Virat Kohli vs Sri Lanka *
9 Sachin Tendulkar Vs Australia
8 Rohit Sharma Vs Australia
8 Virat Kohli Vs Australia
8 Sachin Tendulkar vs Sri Lanka
Most ODI centuries in any nation:
20 Virat Kohli in India (99 innings)*
20 Sachin Tendulkar in India (160)
14 Hashim Amla in South Africa (69)
14 Ricky Ponting in Australia (151)
With inputs from TheIndianEXPRESS
