IND vs SL Live: Virat Kohli and numbers have a special connection. He has scored so many runs and so many hundreds, that it is difficult for the fans to remember all his records. On Tuesday, when Kohli slammed his 45th ODI century in the first ODI match against SriLanka, he entered records books for a very special reason. Kohli slammed his 9th ODI hundred against Sri Lanka in ODIs. He became the only batter to score 9 hundreds against two different opponents in ODIs. Kohli has a special connection with number 9. Follow India vs SriLanka LIVE updates with InsideSport.IN
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STAT: Most ODI 100s vs a team
- 9 Virat Kohli vs WI
- 9 Virat Kohli vs SL *
- 9 Sachin Tendulkar vs AUS
- 8 Rohit Sharma vs AUS
- 8 Virat Kohli vs AUS
- 8 Sachin Tendulkar vs SL
Kohli has also scored nine ODI tons against West Indies. He is the first batter in the game history to achieve the feat. Besides him, only Sachin Tendulkar has scored 9 tons in ODIs vs Australia. Current skipper Rohit Sharma has 8 tons against Australia. One more hundred against Australia, will take Virat Kohli to another level.
Virat Kohli’s brilliant ton has helped India to a massive total in Guwahati!
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With this century, Kohli has equalled the record of veteran Sachin Tendulkar, who too has 20 centuries in the format at home – most by any batter. However, Kohli has also achieved a massive record against SriLanka during his marathon innings in Guwahati.
With his 45th ODI ton, Kohli now has nine centuries against Sri Lanka. It’s the most number of tons scored by an Indian batter against the islanders. Before the first ODI, Kohli and Tendulkar held the record jointly. Tendulkar and Kohli also have scored nine tons against Australia and West Indies respectively.
On way to his 73rd international tom, Kohli also became the fastest to score 12500 ODI runs in 257 innings. Kohli also scored his first ODI hundred at home since he got his last back in March 2019 against Australia. However, it was Kohli’s back-to-back hundreds in ODIs after the one he scored against Bangladesh at the Zahur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium in Chattogram.
Speaking about Kohli’s overall numbers in ODIs, the 34-year-old has played 266 matches. In those games, Kohli has already amassed 12584 runs at an outstanding average of 57.72. He plays at a strike rate of 93.25 and has stroked 64 fifties and 45 centuries till now.
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