Virat Kohli scored yet another century as India beat South Africa by 8 wickets in t꧒he sixth ODI on Friday.
Apart from his century, Kohli grabbed another record to his name ⭕by becoming the highest run-getter in a bilateral series surpassing his teammate Rohit Sharma who achieved the feat in 2013-14 against Australia after scoring 491 runs in the series.
Kohli while scoring his 35th ODI century in the sixth ODI went past the 500-run mark in the series. This is 🎐also the hi♉ghest number of runs scored by a skipper in a bilateral series.
The century on Friday by Kohli was made off just 82 balls and w🍸ith the help of 17 fours, including the four he hit to reach the three-figure mark. This was his third century of the series after he had made hundreds in the first and third match.
In terms of centuries made by captains in ODIs, he is now only behind former Australiꦜa skipper Ricky Ponting who has the most number of hundreds as a ca😼ptain — 22. Kohli now has 13 centuries, same as AB de Villiers, who was captain of South Africa.
Here is how Twitter reacted to Virat Kohli’s ton:
Parampara ,Pratisht🐲ha ,Anushꩵaasan. Congratulations India on the 5-1 series victory. Brilliant effort from the spinners and wonderfully led from the front by Kohli.
— Virender Sehwag (@virendersehwag)
Kohli day, jolly day. made 🎃no 35 look ridཧiculously easy. 👏💯
— Ashwin 🇮🇳 (@ashwinravi99)
King Kohli had 32 hundreds in 202 ODI's before this series began, i.e one every 6.5 innings, which is astonishing. What he does next, score 3 in 6 ODI's this series. We are a blessed nation , Kohli jaisa koi nahi
— Mohammad Kaif (@MohammadKaif)
They ar👍e soooo m☂any batsmen who can get to 100 as consistently and easily as Virat. If they start at 90 😁😄
— Gaurav Kapur (@gauravkapur)
It’s just another Virat ജperformance. 35th ODI hundred 🙌🏻
— Anjum Chopra (@chopraanjum)
No. 35, take a bow
— Deep Dasgupta (@DeepDasgupta7)
A♓nd he does what he does best, score centuries. The stellar run for the champion continues, 35 th ODI hundred , 3rd in the series. Take a bow, V🌱irat Kohli
— VVS Laxman (@VVSLaxman281)
35th …. Greatest Ever ODI player … …
— Michael Vaughan (@MichaelVaughan)
The Official Dictionary of๊ the Animal Kingdom (R🦄evised Edition CCXXIV) just got a new update.
Virat Kohli – H. Sapien whose consistency is on par with the Universal Majesty of the Lion.
Synonyms: Run Machine, Chase Master, Milestone 🅷Man, Myriad Pro.
— Chennai Super Kings (@ChennaiIPL)
💯! Third century of the series for and his🐼 35🐼th in ODI cricket.
— BCCI (@BCCI)
No one is peer at the moment im afraid . Best in th𓆏e world 🌍
— Robin John Peterson (@robbie13flair)
At this rate he's going to get a patent approved on scoring one-day hundreds. No, nobody in the current crop does it like him. You've taken the sponsor & ground name too seriously 👏🏻
— Jatin Sapru (@jatinsapru)
WHAT.A.PLAYER
— Gaurav Kalra (@gauravkalra75)
Enough Said. #35. Next time ꦕbat with a walꦰking stick. 🙌🙏🏏
— Aakash Chopra (@cricketaakash)
At this rate the world record of 49 ODI hu🐼ndreds will be broken by during t🐎he 2019 world cup. What a player!!
— Boria Majumdar (@BoriaMajumdar)
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One of the be🌱st ODI innings I have seen in the recent past. Congratulations, ! Excellent work b🌳y to win an ODI series for the first time in South Africa. Way to go, boys✌️✌️ 🇮🇳
— Suresh Raina🇮🇳 (@ImRaina)
Nothing unusual. 🤪Just no 35.♏ A routine day, really.
— Harsha Bhogle (@bhogleharsha)
Too early to envisage where he will finish but when he does will be known as The Batsman of this ✨Era; perhaps one of the Greatest
— Vikrant Gupta (@vikrantgupta73)
He's just a run machine! has his 35th ODI century! 👏
— ICC (@ICC)
scores his 35th century; 3rd in this series, the most by any captain in a bilaওteral series. Truly, a Cap-ton Fa🎃ntastic!
— Royal Challengers Bangalore (@RCBTweets)
Virat gives South Africa kohlic pain.
How just how can you do it!— Saiyami Kher (@SaiyamiKher)
What a ruthless, aggressive, blazing 100 by King – his 35th ODI century (56th international century) of just 82 balls (with 17 4s)👌👏
A man on a different level altogether🙏 Sky is 💛the limit for ..
— Kaushik LM (@LMKMovieManiac)
35th ODI 💝ton for King Kohli. Unstoppable hurricane! Scores at a superb SR. Can hit fours and sixes, rotates strike adeptly, runs rapidly between wickets. Terrific con𒐪versions rate! Master at building innings & chasing targets. This man ticks all the boxes.. BEST ODI BATSMAN EVER
— Navneet Mundhra (@navneet_mundhra)
Another day, another century from Virat Kohli
— betvisa68.com (@CricketTimesHQ)