Virat Kohli: King Kohli’s record century.. Rohit who showed his ability.. Huge target for Sri Lanka

Virat Kohli’s century (113 off 87 balls) led India to 374 for the loss of 7 wickets in the first ODI at Barsapara Stadium in Guwahati. With Rohit Sharma and Shubman Gill adding half-centuries to Kohli’s century, Team India set a huge target in front of the opponent. Rohit Sharma (83 off 67 balls) and Shubman Gill (70 off 60 balls) gave India a good start after losing the toss and batting first. Both of them added 143 runs for the first wicket in 19.4 overs. Shanaka gave Sri Lanka a break when he bowled Gill to lb.

Captain Rohit Sharma, who looked to score a century, failed to predict the ball in Madushanka’s over and was bowled. Virat Kohli, who crossed the team score of 200 with Shreyas Iyer (28), crossed 300 runs in 40 overs with KL Rahul (39 off 29 balls). Although wickets are falling at one end.. Virat Kohli played aggressively. Two easy catches were dropped by the Lankan fielders and Virat got it.

Kohli hit a boundary on the first ball of the 47th over and completed 99 runs. He took a single off the next ball and completed his century in 80 balls. This is Virat Kohli’s 45th century in ODIs. It is noteworthy that it is the second century in a row in the ODI format. It is known that Kohli scored a century in the third ODI against Bangladesh. It is noteworthy that this is Kohli’s third consecutive century at Barsapara Stadium as well. This is Kohli’s 73rd century overall in his career.

While Sachin (49) is on the first place in the list of players who have scored the most centuries in ODIs, Kohli is on the second place. While Sachin took 424 innings to score 45 centuries, Kohli achieved this feat in 257 innings. Kohli became the first Indian cricketer to score a century in ODIs in 2023.

When it comes to the match… India seemed to cross 400 runs at one stage. But the Indian batsmen could not play aggressively in the last overs. Akshar (9) was out in the 48th over.. Kohli was out in the next over. With this, India scored 373 runs for the loss of 7 wickets in 50 overs.

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