Virat Kohli 29th ODI hundred

Virat Kohli 29th ODI hundred; With every other top-order batsmen making merry in Sri Lanka, it was time that Indian skipper Virat Kohli announced his arrival as well. Batting first against Sri Lanka in the fourth ODI at Colombo, India were off to a poor start losing Shikhar Dhawan for 3. Kohli came out at No. 3 and lambasted an underperforming attack. He recorded his 29th ODI century off 76 balls. With his hundred Kohli also surpassed Sanath Jayasuriya’s tally of 28 ODI hundreds. Kohli is now behind only Sachin Tendulkar (49) and Ricky Ponting’s (30) in terms of ODI hundreds.

Kohli hit three back-to-back fours in the second over he faced, making his intent clear. He soon got into the groove and struck boundaries at will. He recorded his 43rd ODI half-century in 38 balls. He also completed 2,000 ODI runs vs Sri Lanka, becoming the youngest batsman to the feat against an opposition (28 years 299 days). He also became third Indian to score 2,000 ODI runs against Sri Lanka. He reached his fifty in the 14th over, the quickest in his illustrious career.

Virat Kohli 29th ODI hundred, In the list of most centuries, Kohli is now equal with former Sri Lanka batsman Sanath Jayasuriya. He now trails Ricky Ponting by just two while Sachin Tendulkar sits at the top with 49. While Sachin had his tally in 452 innings Kohli has achieved his 28 in 181. Earlier, Virat Kohli also became the fastest to reach 8000 ODI runs. The India captain took seven innings less than AB de Villiers to reach the milestone.

Kohli was dismissed after scoring 131 in 96 balls, including 17 fours and two sixes. He became Lasith Malinga’s 300th ODI wicket.
Kohli’s 219-run partnership with opening batsman Rohit Sharma made him the first batsman in ODI history to be involved in a double-century partnership on 10 occasions, ahead of Sri Lanka’s Upul Tharanga who has done so seven times.
The knock also brought up 2000 ODI runs for Kohli against Sri Lanka, the first to do so and joint-second overall against any opposition in 44 innings. Sir Vivian Richards took the same number of innings to reach 2000 runs against Australia. The list is headed by Sachin Tendulkar who took 40 innings against Australia.

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