As we all know, Virat Kohli went through a very difficult phase of his life between 2020 and mid-2022. However, admirers believed that once Virat Kohli comes back in form, he will continue to break records like he used to do before.
And just as anticipated, King Kohli is back with a bang. The former Indian skipper is not missing any opportunity to give his best as he cracked back-to-back centuries in consecutive ODIs.
Previously, In the last ODI of 2022, Virat scored 113 off 91 balls against Bangladesh, but his knock was overshadowed by the sizzling double century that came from another marvelous cricketer Ishan Kishan.
However, on 10th January 2023, in Guwahati, Virat Kohli outnumbered everyone else in a match against Sri Lanka, nevertheless captain Rohit Sharma, returning after an injury layoff, and young Shubman Gill, proving his selection over Ishan Kishan scored 83 and 70 respectively. With 45 ODI centuries, Kohi is only 4 short of the legendary cricketer Sachin Tendulkar’s record of 49 ODI tons.
King Kohli took upon the responsibility and made everyone proud at the Barsapara Cricket Stadium today.
After the 143-run opening between Sharma and Gill, Kohli formed a partnership of 30 (21) with Sharma, 40 (36) with Iyer, 90 (70) with KL Rahul, 27 (21) with Pandya, and 32 (21) with Patel.
Eventually, after scoring his 46th ODI century, Kohli got out for 113 runs off 87 balls including 12 fours and a six.
To maintain a strike rate of 129 over 87 deliveries was a brilliant and appreciable effort from Virat’s end.
Virat Kohli Equaled 2 Big records of Sachin Tendulkar
Most ODI 100s in a country:
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)
Most ODI 100s vs a team
9 Virat Kohli vs WI /9 Virat Kohli vs SL */ 9 Sachin Tendulkar vs Aus
8 Rohit Sharma vs Aus/ 8 Virat Kohli vs Aus/ 8 Sachin Tendulkar vs SL
We all are proud of him.
