India captain Virat Kohli on Sunday smashed his 42nd ODI century in the second one-dayer against the West Indies, and in the process surpassed Sourav Ganguly to become the second-highest run-scorer for India in the 50 overs format.
Ganguly amassed 11,221 runs in 297 ODI innings while Kohli took just 229 innings to go past the former skipper.
Kohli, 30, is now only behind Sachin Tendulkar, who has a whopping 18,426 runs to his name which he accumulated in 452 innings.
Kohli is the seventh-highest run-scorer in ODIs overall behind Jacques Kallis, Inzamam-Ul-Haq, Mahela Jayawardene, Sanath Jayasuriya, Ricky Ponting, Kumar Sangakkara, and Tendulkar.
During the course of his knock (120 runs off 125 balls) against the Windies at Queen’s Park Oval in Trinidad, Kohli also broke Javed Miandad’s 26-year-old record.
Here’s how Twitter reacted:
Virat kohli another master class in one day cricket .. what a player
— Sourav Ganguly (@SGanguly99)
Super century captain is back amongst the 100s👏👏
— R P Singh रुद्?प्रताप सिंह (@rpsingh)
There are players and there are legends #100
— Irfan Pathan (@IrfanPathan)
Century kept eluding Kohli in the World Cup….he’s got one in the first ODI innings after that. Number 42. There’s no dispute about who’s the best ODI batsman in the 🌍
— Aakash Chopra (@cricketaakash)
No 42 ✔️ 🙌🙌🙌
— Deep Dasgupta (@DeepDasgupta7)
A 100 was due and King Kohli brought it up in style today. No 42 for the modern master .
— Mohammad Kaif (@MohammadKaif)
Masterclass in innings building from Virat Kohli. Live lesson for Rishabh Pant and Shreyas Iyer on how to do it. Hundred no 42
— Harsha Bhogle (@bhogleharsha)
Virat Kohli has never gone more than five half centuries without converting to a century. He was on the cusp of it today, but No 42 was inevitable. Privelidged to be around to see the master of modern ODI cricket batting.
— Ian Raphael Bishop (@irbishi)
Virat Kohli Is A Legend Who's Just Improving His Reputation As A Batsman Day By Day. Another ODI Century Added To Captain's Kitty! ✌?
— Prathamesh Avachare (@onlyprathamesh)
Virat Kohli has scored more hundreds than fifties as captain…..
in Tests &
in ODIs!— Rajneesh Gupta (@rgcricket)
No 42 for ! Meant quite a bit to him. He's not far away from the great man now.
— Nikhil 🏏 (@CricCrazyNIKS)
Most ODI 100s vs West Indies
8 – Virat Kohli (34 inns)
5 – Hashim Amla (16)
5 – AB de Villiers (22)
5 – Herschelle Gibbs (29)— Mohandas Menon (@mohanstatsman)
Century No. 42 in ODIs, 67 in Internationals
20th as captain
8th vs West Indies— Bharath Seervi (@SeerviBharath)
Most centuries by captains against a country in ODIs:
6 – Virat Kohli v West Indies*
5 – Ricky Ponting v New Zealand
4 – AB de Villiers v India
4 – Ricky Ponting v England
4 – Ricky Ponting v India— Umang Pabari (@UPStatsman)
