Run-machine Virat Kohli continued to roll as he slammed his 31st ODI century in the first game of the three-match series against New Zealand at the Wankhede S🏅tadium in Mumbai on Sunday.
With that, Kohli surpassed the legendary Australian skipper Ricky Ponting to claim the seco🐭nd spot in ODI list for m🐟ost centuries.
Kohli is now behind only to Master Blaster Sachin Tendulkar, who occupies the top s𒅌pot with 49 tons in the 50-over format.
While Kohli has only played 200 matches, Ponting and Tendulkar have 375 and 463 ODIs to their name respectively. Also, the current Indian captain averages a phenomenal 55+, with Ten💜dulkar and Ponting averaging close to 44 a🎀nd 42 respectively.
Fans and cricket experts applauded Virat for🥂ℱ his achievement on Twitter.
Here are some of the best tweets:
Special ODI; special achievement; special p𒆙layer;
— Jonty Rhodes (@JontyRhodes8)
After 200 games, Kohli has 8888 runs at sn average of 55.55 .
What a brilliant🙈 121 this one was. 280 is a fighting total.— Virender Sehwag (@virendersehwag)
Incredible achievement for
Highest score in 200th ODI by 🎃any player and most runs by an India captain in a calendar y𒁃ear— Suresh Raina🇮🇳 (@ImRaina)
Special O🥂DI; special achievement; special player;
— Jonty Rhodes (@JontyRhodes8)
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What do we say about King Kohli.
Thats 100 no. 31 in his 200th ODI. Stellar numbers and an incredible hunger fꦐor runs.— Mohammad Kaif (@MohammadKaif)
100 in the 200th game. Goes past Ponting's tally of 30 tons. One of those not so effortless ones from Kohli. Surely special. 🦁
— Chennai Super Kings (@ChennaiIPL)
ODI century #31 for Kohli i🤪n his 200th match. I think he’s getting the hang of it.
— mark butcher (@markbutcher72)
Scoring Big At Big Occasions Has Been The Highlight Of 's Career, Raising A Toast To Yet Another Brilliant Ton! 👏
— I S M A I L (@axeweyzed)
Admire,admire n ဣapplaud.What a 𒀰player Virat Kohli. Milestone or not Virat always makes a mark. Brilliant 100 again!
— Anjum Chopra (@chopraanjum)
This is not just an innings of great skill from Kohli. It is also a tribute to his endurance. It is a century he will remember wi🐷th pride.
— Harsha Bhogle (@bhogleharsha)
Hundred #31 by World #1 player on h🦄is 200th ODI .What a player
— Abdul Ghaffar 🇵🇰 (@GhaffarDawnNews)
Take a bow ! 31st century on his 200th match. And he is just bel𝔉ow in the list of hundreds scored in ODIs
— Chennai Times (@ChennaiTimesTOI)
The crowd with thei🦋r phones out recording century number 31 in his 200th ODI for
— Scott Styris (@scottbstyris)
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Always regretted that I couldn't follow the legend Sachin's career since the very start, thank you for the replay Virat Kohli.
— Sand-d Singh (@Sand_In_Deed)
Come to think o🧸f it- Now only God has scored more hun💃dreds than Virat Kohli in ODIs 😮🙏
— Rajneesh Gupta (@rgcricket)
No.31 for Virat Kohli.What unbelievable consistency. Only 200 matches thus far, sky is the limit for what he will achieve in ne🎀xt 9-10 yrs
— VVS Laxman (@VVSLaxman281)
What a player 🙌
Virat Kohli hits the 31st ODI century of his care💙er as India pus♔h on in Mumbai.
Live ➡️
— ICC (@ICC)
200 games .. 8888 runs .. Ave 55.55 .. ..
— Michael Vaughan (@MichaelVaughan)
– Almost carried his bat through👏, dismissed for 121. A tenacious knock in his ..
— Kaushik LM (@LMKMovieManiac)