Kohli scored a century for the second consecutive match.Image Credit source: PTI
India vs South Africa: Virat Kohli scored his second consecutive century in the ODI series against South Africa. After scoring a century in the first ODI match played in Ranchi, Kohli also scored a century in the Raipur ODI match. In the second match of the ODI series, Kohli again stepped on the crease after the early fall of the first wicket and once again took the innings forward in his familiar style and once again completed his century. Along with this, Kohli also broke Sachin Tendulkar’s world record of scoring most ODI centuries at the same position.
Kohli’s wonder in Raipur after Ranchi
Team India had to bat first in the second match of the ODI series on Wednesday 3 December at the Shaheed Veernarayan Singh Stadium in Raipur. But this time Rohit Sharma was out early, while after waiting for some time Yashasvi Jaiswal also returned to the pavilion. In such a situation, eyes once again Virat Kohli But she was there, who had scored her 52nd century in the last match itself. The way Kohli started, it seemed that another big innings was coming today.
Kohli hit a six on his fourth ball with a tremendous pull shot and opened his account with this shot. Just after this he kept taking the score forward. During this, Kohli completed his half-century in 47 balls and after some time, he waved the bat in the air for the 53rd time in ODI cricket. Kohli took a run on the last ball of the 38th over and jumped straight into the air. Like every time, she took out her engagement ring, kissed it and looked towards the sky saying thanks and celebrated her 53rd ODI century.
Kohli made records with a century
However, this time Virat Kohli could not convert his century into a big innings and was out after scoring 102 runs in 93 balls. But during this time he made some special records in his name. First of all, Kohli broke another ODI record of great batsman Sachin Tendulkar. As an opener, Sachin had scored the maximum number of 45 centuries in ODI cricket. Now Kohli left him behind by scoring his 46th century at number 3 position.
Not only this, this was the 11th time in ODI cricket when Kohli scored centuries in 2 or more consecutive matches. This is a world record in itself. After him, AB de Villiers is at second place, who had done this 6 times. Kohli completed a hat-trick of centuries against South Africa. He had scored a century in the 2023 World Cup and now after that he scored centuries in 2 consecutive matches. Overall, this is his 7th ODI century against South Africa.