India hammered South Africa by 243 runs of their Cricket World Cup match on the Eden Gardens in Kolkata on Sunday. Virat Kohli, on his thirty fifth birthday, starred with an unbeaten century as India secured the highest spot within the Cricket World Cup factors desk, with their last sport of the stage on November 12 in opposition to Netherlands. Kohli hit an unbetean 101 to equal Sachin Tendulkar‘s document of most ODI centuries (49). Earlier within the event, Kohli narrowly missed out on equalling Tendulkar on a few events, getting out on scores of 95 and 88, respectively.

Former India head coach Ravi Shastri advised that similar to Kohli, Tendulkar additionally had sleepless nights when he was chasing batting nice Sunil Gavaskar‘s document of 34 Take a look at tons.

“It is wonderful. We’re a rustic obsessive about data. We’re obsessive about tons of. And Sunny was the trendsetter. I keep in mind when Sachin Tendulkar was chasing his thirty fourth, it wasn’t straightforward. He had many sleepless nights, he would get out within the 70s and 80s. And it took some time, similar to it has taken Virat Kohli,” Shastri mentioned through the mid-innings present on Star Sports activities following Kohli’s record-equalling century.

Shastri hailed Kohli for his knock because it was not straightforward to bat on this monitor, particularly with the ball gripping, however he soaked all of the stress and made certain that India submit a powerful whole on the board.

“As we speak, it was a really calculated innings. He began off fast, when the ball was coming onto the bat. And when the ball began gripping, it wasn’t straightforward to choose the bowlers. So, he soaked the stress, bid his time, and upped the ante,” he added.

India will tackle Netherlands of their last group sport on November 12.