Virat Kohli Century / Kohli comes out ahead of Sachin Tendulkar - hits 50th ODI century in big match

Virat Kohli Century: Indian cricket team's experienced batsman Virat Kohli has created history. He has broken the record of the great Sachin Tendulkar by scoring a century against New Zealand in the first semi-final match of the ODI World Cup 2023. This is Virat's 50th century in ODI. With this he has become the batsman who has scored the most centuries in ODIs. Earlier this record was in the name of Sachin Tendulkar with 49 centuries. Talking about international cricket, this is his 80th international century.

Virat Kohli's historic ODI century

Virat Kohli has scored 50 ODI centuries in 279 innings. Earlier, Sachin Tendulkar had scored 49 centuries while playing 452 innings in his ODI career. Apart from these, Rohit Sharma is at third place in this list with 31 centuries and Ricky Ponting had scored 30 centuries in his ODI career. At the same time, Sanath Jayasuriya of Sri Lanka has scored 28 centuries in ODIs. Virat Kohli completed this historic century in 106 balls. During this, he hit 8 fours and 1 six.

List of batsmen who have scored most centuries in ODI cricket

• Virat Kohli – 50 centuries (279 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)

Great performance in World Cup 2023

Virat Kohli is looking in great form in this World Cup and is continuously scoring runs for Team India. Virat is the highest run-scorer batsman this season. He has scored 3 centuries and 5 half-centuries so far in this World Cup. He is also the only batsman to have scored 50+ runs 8 times in a World Cup.

Bowed before Sachin Tendulkar

Virat Kohli bowed before Sachin Tendulkar after scoring this historic century. Actually, Virat Kohli considers Sachin Tendulkar as his idol and he has broken Sachin's record.