Virat Kohli is a name that needs no introduction. He is a top world-class cricketer of the Indian cricket team. Opponent team bowlers threatened to bowl against him.
He played many splendid knocks which makes him a world number one cricketer. Virat made the highest number of centuries among all the active (who are currently playing) cricketers around the world and is in second place after Sachin Tendulkar in all-time players.
Virat Kohli’s centuries in career have mostly come at crucial stages against very tough bowling attacks like Australia, Sri Lanka, Pakistan etc. when team India needs it most.
International Centuries of Virat Kohli
Some of the Virat centuries in career of Virat Kohli are listed below:
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133* not out against Sri Lanka in 2012 which resulted in India winning a match by chasing a total of 321 in just 36.4 overs.
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183 runs against Pakistan( which is the highest score of Kohli in ODI.) in the big tournament Asia Cup 2012.
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In the 2023 Asia Cup, Virat Kohli made a century(122*) against the main rivals Pakistan. With the help of this century, India made a total of 356 runs and won the match by a huge 228-run margin.
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He made 7 double centuries in the Test format of cricket out of his total of 29 centuries.
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In 2019 he made 254* against South Africa(the highest individual score of Kohli in test format) which made the Indian total 601 runs and resulted in India winning.
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In 2016 he scored 235 runs against England’s bowling attack and helped win India by an innings and 36 runs.
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He made 25,000-plus runs in international cricket after Sachin Tendulkar.
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Out of 77 centuries in international cricket, he made 47 in ODI,29 in tests, and one in T20 format against Afghanistan.
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He made his first ODI century (107) against Sri Lanka in 2009.
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He made his first test century against Australia in 2012 which is also a memorable knock from Kohli’s bat.
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Out of 47 centuries in ODI career he remains 17 times not out at the end of the innings.
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He made 100 runs against Australia in just 52 balls which is the fastest century by an Indian cricketer in an ODI match.
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He made 26 centuries out of 47 in ODI during the run chases.
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Made 11 centuries in ODI matches in a single calendar year 2018 which is the second most by any player in the world.
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In 2017 he made 10 centuries which is most by any captain of the team.
The above are some records made by him by making centuries in international cricket. However, there are lots of records named after Virat Kohli. Whenever Kohli makes centuries in the ODI most of the time India wins the match. Only( out of 47) seven times India lost the match and on a single occasion, the match resulted in a tie.
As a captain of the team in test matches made three centuries in three consecutive innings.
Conclusion
Virat Kohli is made for cricket and achieving unbeatable records in the game.
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