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Virat Kohli scored two hundred against Sri Lanka in 3-match ODI series
After rewriting history with his twin hundreds in the three-match ODI series against Sri Lanka, India’s talisman batter Virat Kohli is back on a “record-breaking” spree. Kohli has set his sights on a few more “all-time records” in anticipation of the New Zealand assignment. Kohli became the first batter in international cricket history to score 21 hundred runs in the one-day format at home during the series against Lanka.
Additionally, he surpassed Sachin Tendulkar for the most ODI hundreds against a single opponent. However, “King Kohli” has a lot more to look forward to in the New Zealand assignment.
New Zealand continues to be the No. ODI team in the world, but Kohli has performed admirably in 50-over matches against them. He has scored 1378 runs in 26 matches against the Kiwis at an average of 59.91. while striking at a 94.64 percent rate. In ODI matches against them, he has also scored 5 hundred and eight fifties.
Kohli is just one century away from matching Ricky Ponting and Virender Sehwag’s record for the most ODI hundreds against New Zealand in the three-match series, which begins on Wednesday. In one-day internationals, Sehwag and Ponting each have six hundred against the Kiwis.
- Ricky Ponting (Australia) – 6 in 51 matches
- Virender Sehwag (India) – 6 hundred in 23 matches
- Sanathan Jayasuriya (Sri Lanka) – 5 hundred in 47 matches
- Virat Kohli (India) – 5 in 26 matches
- Sachin Tendulkar (India) – 5 in 42 matches
With 46 ODI hundreds to his name in his career so far, Virat also remains just 4 tons shy of toppling the legendary Sachin Tendulkar in the list of most hundreds in the ODI format. For that record, however, Kohli would have to wait a little longer.
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