Kohli arrived at the milestone when he scored a solitary off Kagiso Rabada in the 49th over of the Indian innings before a pressed Eden Nurseries swarms that continued to recite his names
India’s premier batter Virat Kohli on Sunday equalled his godlike Sachin Tendulkar’s record of most OD centuries of years with his 49th hundred in their World Cup match against South Africa here, commending his 35th birthday celebration in the most befitting way.
Kohli arrived at the landmark when he scored a solitary off Kagiso Rabada in the 49th over of the Indian innings before a stuffed Eden Nurseries crowd that continued to recite his name.
With this, the Indian maestro added one more feather to his generally celebrated cap while proceeding with his rich vein of structure in the competition.
He stayed unbeaten on 101 and faced 121 balls in his knock had 10 shots to the fence.
Expectations have been developing here since the Indian group arrived in the City of Euphoria which houses perhaps cricket’s most famous scene.
Preceding the match against South Africa, Kohli barely passed up his 49th ODI century during India’s match against Sri Lanka on Thursday at the Wankhede Stadium.
Playing in front of the Expert Master, who was watching the game, Kohli was dismissed for 88.
Before that, he had played a stroke-filled knock of 95 off 104 balls to seal India’s four-wicket prevail upon New Zealand at the Himachal Pradesh Cricket Affiliation
Kohli entered this game only one shot from matching Tendulkar’s mind-boggling count.
While Kohli endured 277 innings to shoot 49th 100 years, Tendulkar took 452 innings.
Anyway, it very well might be referenced that Kohli has forever been a top-request player, Tendulkar batted down the request in around 80 matches before turning into a top-request hitter in various playing conditions.
In Tendulkar’s period, five defenders were permitted external the 30-yard circle and just a single ball was utilized, contrasted with two balls from various finishes in current time and one less defender field.
