Virat Kohli scored the 52nd century of his ODI career in the Ranchi ODI. After scoring the century, Kohli celebrated by jumping in the air and the video of which is going viral on social media. Not only this, coach Gautam Gambhir’s reaction has also come to light after Kohli’s century.
Gautam Gambhir hugged Virat Kohli
Gautam Gambhir hugged Virat Kohli. When Kohli reached the pavilion after scoring 135 runs, Gambhir hugged Kohli. This reaction of Gambhir is going viral. At the same time, Rohit Sharma’s reaction has also come to light on Kohli’s century. In the video going viral on social media, it can be seen that Rohit got excited after seeing Kohli’s century and was seen standing and clapping.
Virat Kohli has once again demonstrated his dominance in ODIs by scoring a century. This is Kohli’s 52nd ODI century. He completed his century in 102 balls. Kohli was dismissed after scoring 135 runs in 120 balls with the help of 7 sixes and 11 fours. With this century, Virat Kohli has set the record for scoring the most centuries against South Africa in the ODI format. Kohli scored his sixth century in the 30th innings of the 32nd match against South Africa. He has also scored 8 half-centuries. Kohli now has 1,639 runs in ODIs against South Africa. His highest score is 160 not out.
Virat overtake Sachin Tendulkar’s record
Virat surpassed Sachin Tendulkar and former Australian opener David Warner. Both Sachin and Warner have scored five centuries each against South Africa in ODIs. Sachin scored 2,001 runs in 57 innings of 57 matches between 1991 and 2011, scoring five centuries and eight half-centuries. Tendulkar’s best innings of his ODI career (200 not out) also came against South Africa. This double century was Sachin’s first double century in his international ODI career.
David Warner scored 1,255 runs in 30 innings of 30 ODIs against South Africa between 2009 and 2023. This includes 5 centuries and 5 half-centuries. Virat Kohli is the batsman with the most centuries in the ODI format, followed by Sachin Tendulkar (49 centuries) and Rohit Sharma (33 centuries).
