Virat Kohli batted brilliantly in the first ODI against South Africa in Ranchi. He played a key role in helping his team reach a high score by scoring a century. During this innings, he broke Joe Root’s record for scoring the most centuries at home in a single format of international cricket. This record now belongs to Virat Kohli.
Virat Kohli breaks Joe Root’s record
Virat Kohli scored the 52nd century of his ODI career in Ranchi. This is also the 83rd century of his international career. This is also Virat Kohli’s 25th century in ODIs at home. This century of Virat is the 7000th century in men’s international cricket. With this, Virat Kohli now holds the record for scoring the most centuries at home in a single format in international cricket. Earlier, this record was in the name of Joe Root. Root has scored 24 centuries in home Tests in international cricket. Ricky Ponting had scored 23 centuries in Tests in Australia.
In the match, Virat shared a brilliant century partnership with Rohit in this match. The two added 136 runs for the second wicket. Rohit Sharma was dismissed for 57 off 51 balls, hitting five fours and three sixes. After Rohit’s wicket fell, Kohli continued his work and kept the scoreboard ticking. He reached his century in 102 balls in this match. After completing the century, he was seen scoring runs at a rapid pace, and in the end, Kohli faced 120 balls and scored 135 runs with the help of 11 fours and seven sixes.
India set a target of 350 runs for South Africa
Speaking of this match, India, batting first, scored 349 runs for the loss of 8 wickets. In addition to Virat and Rohit, KL Rahul also batted well for Team India in this match. Rahul scored 60 runs in 56 balls. Ravindra Jadeja contributed 32 runs in 20 balls. Opener Jaiswal scored 18 and Ruturaj Gaikwad scored 8 runs. Batting first, India set a target of 350 runs for South Africa.