Virat Kohli, the former captain of Team India, is off to a tremendous start in 2023. In Guwahati’s opening One-Day International match against Sri Lanka, Virat Kohli scored a century. His ODI career total stands at 45 centuries, and his international total stands at 73 centuries. Virat Kohli blasted 113 runs in one inning as India defeated Sri Lanka by a score of 373 in the first ODI.
In ODI cricket, Kohli is now the second batsman to surpass the milestone of 12,500 runs. In addition to this, he recorded his 45th ODI century. It was also his 20th international century scored on home turf. He has matched Sachin Tendulkar in this regard. The batsman with the second-most ODI century totals is Kohli. He had a wonderful start to the year 2023. In the opening game of the year, he scored a century.
Virat Kohli has now scored two centuries in ODIs in a row. Virat Kohli hit 113 runs against Bangladesh earlier on December 10; Ishaan Kishan scored a double century in this game. In other words, Virat Kohli has two ODI century scores in the span of a month. Virat Kohli’s resurgence is encouraging for Team India as they get ready for the ODI World Cup in 2023.
With this inning, Virat Kohli broke numerous records. It is also Virat Kohli’s 20th century on home soil. This is his ninth ODI century versus Sri Lanka. He has also matched Sachin Tendulkar’s record of 20 hundreds with this.
MOST ODI CRICKET CENTURY
- Sachin Tendulkar – 463 Match, 49 Century
- Virat Kohli – 266 Match, 45 Century
- Ricky Ponting – 375 matches, 30 centuries
- Rohit Sharma – 236 matches, 29 centuries
- Sanath Jayasuriya – 445 matches, 28 centuries
MOST HUNDREDS FOR INDIA IN ODIs
- Sachin Tendulkar – 463 matches, 49 centuries
- Virat Kohli – 266 matches, 45 centuries
- Rohit Sharma – 236 matches, 29 centuries
MOST CENTURIES IN INTERNATIONAL CRICKET
- Sachin Tendulkar – 664 matches, 100 centuries
- Virat Kohli – 484 matches, 73 centuries
- Ricky Ponting – 560 matches, 71 centuries