Virat Kohli (left) and Sachin Tendulkar throughout India’s World Cup 2023 semi-final vs New Zealand.© X (previously Twitter)
India star batter Virat Kohli slammed his fiftieth ODI century on Wednesday to script a brand new all-time document. Through the Cricket World Cup 2023 semi-final conflict in opposition to New Zealand on the Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai, the right-handed batter scored a century to realize the milestone. With it, Kohli additionally surpassed Sachin Tendulkar‘s earlier world document of 49 ODI centuries. After crossing the 100-run mark, Kohli bowed all the way down to Tendulkar, who was sitting within the stands. Tendulkar too acknowledged Kohli’s gesture as he clapped and hailed the previous for attaining the feat.
Former India cricketer Mohammad Kaif was mighty impressed with Kohli’s gesture in the direction of Tendulkar after the fiftieth ODI ton.
“Take care of the 2011 World Cup Virat carried his guru Sachin Tendulkar on his shoulders saying, Sachin’s carried the burden of the nation for 21 years, and it is now our time to do the identical for him. After successful that World Cup is the place his journey began. And now on that exact same floor, he is damaged Sachin’s document in entrance of Sachin himself, and after breaking the document Virat additionally acknowledged Sachin and even went down on his knees to pay respects to the his hero and the grasp of the sport. This reveals the character and character of Virat Kohli,” Kaif informed Star Sports activities.
“He is an enormous participant himself, however being an excellent human and giving due respect to his masters reveals how disciplined he’s. Additionally what makes this knock memorable is the stage on which he is obtained it. There have been conversations that his document in knockouts will not be nice, however he is answered everybody by scoring a century, and guaranteeing that India qualifies for the finals,” the previous India cricketer added.
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