One other file! Virat Kohli joins Sachin Tendulkar in elite membership | Cricket Information

NEW DELHI: Virat Kohli on Sunday notched his forty ninth one-day worldwide century, a feat that introduced him on par with Sachin Tendulkar‘s legendary all-time file.
Celebrating his thirty fifth birthday, Virat achieved this milestone in his 277th innings through the World Cup match in opposition to South Africa in Kolkata, whereas Tendulkar required over 400 innings to attain the identical milestone.
Throughout the course of his 101 not out knock, Virat additionally has change into the second batter after Tendulkar to finish 6,000 runs in ODIs at residence.

Virat has 6046 runs in 116 innings, averaging 60.46, whereas Tendulkar scored 6976 runs in 160 innings at a mean of 48.11.
Two different batters who’ve managed 5000-plus runs at residence are former Australia captain Ricky Ponting and former South Africa captain Jacques Kallis.
BATTERS WITH 5,000-PLUS RUNS IN ODIS ARE:

India’s thumping win in opposition to the Proteas was Males in Blue’s third greatest victory when it comes to runs within the World Cup.
INDIA’S BIGGEST WINS IN TERMS OF RUNS IN THE WORLD CUP

Virat is the seventh cricketer who has managed to attain a century in his birthday in ODIs.
Interestingy, the listing additionally has the identify of batting legend Tendulkar who scored 134 in opposition to Australia in Sharjah in 1998.
Other than Virat and Tendulkar, Vindod Kambli, Sri Lanka’s Sanath Jayasuriya, New Zealand’s Ross Taylor and Tom Latham, and Australia’s Mitchell Marsh are within the elite membership.
BATTERS POSTING A HUNDRED ON BIRTHDAY IN ODIS

Stats Courtesy: Rajesh Kumar
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