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A Century – Virat Kohli (File Photo)
Indian cricketer Virat Kohli scored a century in the 3rd ODI between India and Sri Lanka in Thiruvananthapuram. With this, he broke Sachin Tendulkar’s record of scoring the most centuries at home.
The Sri Lankan team that is touring India has already lost the T20I series. Virat Kohli, who did not play in the T20 series, performed well in the first ODI against the team. He scored a century in 80 balls and was dismissed in the last overs after scoring 113 runs in 87 balls. He hit a total of 12 fours and one six. India won by 67 runs.
Next, Virat Kohli was dismissed for just 4 runs in the 2nd ODI at Eden Gardens, Kolkata. India won the match by 4 wickets.
With the Indian team already winning the series by 3 to 2, the third ODI between the two teams is taking place in Thiruvananthapuram. India won the toss and elected to bat. Accordingly, Rohit Sharma and Subman Gill entered the field as openers. Virat Kohli came into the game after Rohit Sharma scored 42 runs. Both of them in the field showed excellent performance. Especially Subman Gill was dismissed after scoring 116 runs.
Virat Kohli, who got out for 4 runs in the last game, played very responsibly in this game and scored a century. This is Virat Kohli’s 3rd century in the last 4 matches he has played. He scored a century (113) in the last match of the ODI series against Bangladesh last month.
Sachin’s record breaking record
Virat Kohli, who has crossed 12,600 runs in 258 innings in ODIs, has set the record of being the player to reach the milestone in the shortest number of matches.
Kohli has overtaken Sachin Tendulkar’s record of most centuries at home with 21 hundreds. While Sachin needed 160 matches to reach this milestone, Kohli has crossed it in just 100 matches.
ODI: Chance to overtake Sachin in century soon
Kohli needs just 4 more centuries to break Sachin’s record of 49 centuries in ODIs. Rohit Sharma trails Kohli by the biggest margin in international cricket with 29 centuries.
This is Kohli’s 46th century in ODIs and 74th century overall.
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