It wouldn’t be an exaggeration to say that Virat Kohli – for some time now – appeared destined to interrupt most batting information in One-Day worldwide cricket. It’s the format he has owned. However there was a blip in latest occasions when one questioned whether or not the fiftieth ODI ton was a bridge too far.
However as soon as the drought ended, Kohli has continued his journey to the height. On Wednesday in Mumbai – in entrance of Sachin Tendulkar – Kohli scaled the mountain of tons, changing into the primary participant within the historical past of the sport to attain a half-century of ODI centuries.
By the way, Kohli scored the fiftieth ODI ton on the precise date and the precise venue the place Tendulkar performed his final worldwide innings on November 15, 2013.
Right here’s a statistical breakdown of Kohli’s ODI centuries:
Century by nation performed towards:
Kohli’s first ODI century got here towards Sri Lanka in Kolkata on December 24, 2009. It’s the workforce towards whom he has had probably the most success, scoring 10 tons. West Indies come a detailed second, with Australia – maybe the workforce that has introduced one of the best out of him most frequently – in third place with 8 centuries. Kohli has scored a century towards each nation he has performed at the least 5 innings.
v Sri Lanka: 51 inns, 10 centuries
v West Indies: 41 inns, 9 centuries
v Australia: 46 inns, 8 centuries
v New Zealand: 31 inns, 6 centuries
v South Africa: 29 inns, 5 centuries
v Bangladesh: 16 inns, 5 centuries
v England: 36 inns, 3 centuries
v Pakistan: 16 inns, 3 centuries
v Zimbabwe: 6 inns, 1 century
Century by nation performed in:
As for the place Kohli has scored his ODI tons, there’s a near-even cut up. Just below half of his centuries have are available in India (24) with Bangladesh in second place, adopted by Australia and Sri Lanka.
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in India: 24 centuries
in Bangladesh: 6 centuries
in Australia: 5 centuries
in Sri Lanka: 5 centuries
in West Indies: 4 centuries
in South Africa: 3 centuries
in England: 1 century
in Zimbabwe: 1 century
in New Zealand: 1 century
Centuries by 12 months:
The hunch in type Kohli underwent – by his personal lofty requirements – meant he had no centuries in 2020 and 2021. The purple patch got here maybe in 2017 and 2018 when he scored six centuries every, a quantity he has now matched in 2023.
2018: 14 inns, 6 centuries
2017: 26 inns, 6 centuries
2023: 23 inns, 6 centuries
2019: 25 inns, 5 centuries
2012: 17 inns, 5 centuries
2013: 30 inns, 4 centuries
2014: 20 inns, 4 centuries
2011: 34 inns, 4 centuries
2010: 24 inns, 3 centuries
2016: 10 inns, 3 centuries
2015: 20 inns, 2 centuries
2009: 8 inns, 1 century
2022: 11 inns, 1 century
Centuries as captain and in any other case:
Although an ICC trophy eluded Kohli as India captain, considered one of his finest traits was how he stepped up his run-scoring when he led the nation. He scored 21 centuries in 91 innings as captain. Apparently, Kohli’s first ODI ton got here underneath Virender Sehwag’s captaincy and the previous India opener was additionally current on the venue for his fiftieth as he was being inducted into the ICC Corridor of Fame.
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Virat Kohli: 21
MS Dhoni: 19
Rohit Sharma: 6
Virender Sehwag: 2
Gautam Gambhir: 1
KL Rahul: 1
Kohli’s centuries have come whereas batting at solely two positions: 43 at Quantity 3 and seven at No 4.
Chasemaster Kohli has scored 27 centuries whereas batting second, and India received 23 of these matches. Extremely, 42 out of Kohli’s 50 ODI tons have resulted in India wins, seven in defeats and one in a tie.
(Stats through Statsguru)