India captain Virat Kohli on Sunday smashed his 42nd ODI century in the second one-dayer against the West Indies, and in th💮e 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, Rick💦y 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 mas🌼ter class in one day cricket .. what a player
— Sourav Ganguly (@SGanguly99)
S🐭uper century captain is🌳 back amongst the 100s👏👏
— R P Singh रुद्र 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 to🐎day. No 42 for the modern master .
— Mohammad Kaif (@MohammadKaif)
Masterclass in innings building from Virat Kohli. Live lesson for Rishabh Pant and𓆏 Shreyas Iyer on ho🐻w 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 cent𒅌uries 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)
