Virat Kohli scored a remarkable century against Andhra Pradesh in the Vijay Hazare Trophy, reaching his century in just 83 balls. Kohli has entered this tournament after 15 years, and more importantly, he has scored a century in the Vijay Hazare Trophy after 16 years. Virat Kohli last scored a century in the Vijay Hazare Trophy in 2009.
Fans there were crazy to see Virat Kohli’s batting
The match was against Haryana, where he scored 124 runs. That season, he amassed 534 runs, including four centuries. Now, Kohli has once again displayed his prowess. Kohli is playing this tournament in preparation for the New Zealand ODI series. Virat Kohli is once again showing the same century-after-century form he did in 2016.
The right-handed batsman is currently in devastating form. He has scored three centuries in his last four ODI innings. In the ODI series against South Africa, he scored two consecutive centuries. He scored an unbeaten 65 in the third ODI, and now he has also scored a century in the Vijay Hazare Trophy. When Virat Kohli was raining fours and sixes in the Vijay Hazare Trophy, his fans were risking their lives to watch the innings.
The match between Delhi and Andhra was being played at the BCCI’s Centre of Excellence, and fans were climbing trees to watch the match, a very risky task. During his century, Virat Kohli also broke Sachin Tendulkar’s world record.
Kohli became the fastest player to reach 16,000 runs in List A cricket. He achieved this feat in 330 innings, compared to Sachin’s 391. He holds the record for the fastest 10,000, 11,000, 12,000, 13,000, 14,000, 15,000, and 16,000 runs.