Dubai : Virat Kohli hits his 71st career century. In the match against Afghanistan in the Asia Cup Super Four match, the former captain of the Indian cricket team will get a century after a long gap. After 1021 days, Kohli scored a century in his international career. Kohli was the backbone of the Indian innings by scoring 122 runs in 61 balls without getting out. On the back of Kohli’s century, India scored 212 runs in the stipulated over.
Kohli’s century came in the last match of the tournament when India lost hope of entering the Asia Cup final. In the absence of Indian captain Rohit Sharma, Kohli, who opened with KL Rahul, scored a century off 53 balls. Kohli played an innings with 12 fours and six sixes against Afghanistan. This is also Kohli’s first T20 International century. Kohli also now holds the highest individual score by an Indian player in T20Is.
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Kohli also established an opening partnership of 119 runs with KL Rahul. Kohli took charge of the innings after Rahul scored 62 runs and was dismissed in the 12th over. The last time Kohli scored a century for India was in November 2019.
“It’s been more than two-and-a-half years, it feels like a blessing. I dedicate this century to my wife and my daughter. The one person who is always behind me is Anushka. I always consider it a blessing,” Virat Kohli said after India’s innings. With the century, Kohli joined Ricky Ponting in the list of most centuries scored in an international career. Cricket legend Sachin Tendulkar tops the list with 100 hundreds.
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India, who are out of the tournament without entering the finals, are hoping for the only victory in the Super Four against Afghanistan today. Rahul will lead the team instead of captain Rohit Sharma. Dinesh Karthik was replaced in the team. Hardik Pandya was replaced by Axar Patel and Deepak Chahar as the third pacer. The team will face each other again in the final on September 11 after the final match of the Super Four between Sri Lanka and Pakistan tomorrow.
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