Kohli gave a special gift on his birthday – scored 49th century of his ODI career.

Virat Kohli Century: On the basis of Virat Kohli's 49th century, India has given a target of 327 runs to South Africa to win the World Cup. The team won the toss and batted in Kolkata and scored 326 runs for 5 wickets in 50 overs. Virat Kohli played a century inning of 101 not out off 121 balls. He has equaled Sachin Tendulkar's world record of most centuries in ODIs. Kohli has become the first batsman from India and the third in the world to score a World Cup century on his birthday.

Virat is the fastest batsman to reach 49 centuries

Virat Kohli is the fastest batsman to reach 49 ODI centuries. He has achieved this achievement in 277th innings. Sachin Tendulkar had scored so many centuries in 451 innings.

List of batsmen who have scored most centuries in ODI cricket

• Virat Kohli – 49 centuries (277 innings)
• Sachin Tendulkar – 49 centuries (452 innings)
• Rohit Sharma - 31 centuries (259 innings)
• Ricky Ponting – 30 centuries (365 innings)
• Sanath Jayasuriya – 28 centuries (433 innings)