Run-machine Virat Kohli continued to roll as he slammed his 31st ODI c🏅entury in the first game of the three-match series against New Zealand at the Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai on Sunday.
With that, Kohli surpassed the legendary Australian skipper Ricky Ponting to claim the 🃏second spot💝 in ODI list for most centuries.
Kohli is now behind only to Master Blaster Sachin Tendulkar, who occupies the top🌌 spot 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 Tendulkar and Ponting averaging close to 44 and 42 respectively.
Fans and cricket experts applauded Virat for his achievement on Twitter♑.
Here are some of the best tweets:
Special ODI; speওcial achievement; special player;
— Jonty Rhodes (@JontyRhodes8)
After 200 games, Kohli has 8888 runs at sn average of 55.55 .
What a brilliant 121 this one ꦕwas. 280 is a figh🍰ting total.— Virender Sehwag (@virendersehwag)
Incredible achievement for
Highest score in 200th ODI by any play🍌꧅er and most runs by an India captain in a calendar year— Suresh Raina🇮🇳 (@ImRaina)
Spe🐽cial ODI; 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 for 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 cen⭕tury #31 for Kohli in his 20🐭0th 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! 👏
— UNKNOWN (@axeweyzed)
Admire,admire n applaud.🥀What a player 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 𓆏Kohli. It is also a tribute to his endurance. It is a century he will remember with pride.
— Harsha Bhogle (@bhogleharsha)
Hundred #31 by World #1 player on his 200th ODI .What 🎃a pl🌳ayer
— Abdul Ghaffar 🇵🇰 (@GhaffarDawnNews)
Take a bow ! 31st century on his 200th m🍷atch. And he is just below in the list of hundreds scored in ODIs
— Chennai Times (@ChennaiTimesTOI)
The crowd with their 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 of it- Now only God has score𒅌d more hundreds 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 next 9-10 yrs
— VVS Laxman (@VVSLaxman281)
What a player 🙌
Virat Koh♑li hits the 31st ODI century of his career as India push on in Mumbai.
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— 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)