Virat Kohli slams 72nd international ton, surpasses Ricky Ponting to go second behind Sachin Tendulkar | Cricket News
With tons of brilliance, Kohli surpassed the legendary Australian tennis player Ricky Ponting (71) for the most points in international cricket. Kohli now has 72 international centuries in three combined formats and is currently ranked second only to the icon Sachin Tendulkar (100 hundred).
The century against Bangladesh is now the first century for Virat in ODI since August 2019.
Virat Kohli takes home an excellent 100 – his 44th in ODI cricket ๐#BANvIND | https://t.co/SRyQabJ2Sf https://t.co/dE9BQfPp8R
– ICC (@ICC) 1670663127000
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๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐ฏ ๐ฅ๐ฏHe brought his 44th ton of ODI after 85 deliveries.
– BCCI (@BCCI) 1670663573000
Kohli’s 113 balls out of 91 balls are combined with 11 quads and a few sixs and have a hit ratio of over 124.
Along with opener Ishan Kishan, who smashed 210 out of 131 balls, Virat added 290 runs for the second racket as India accumulated 409 to 8 in the unimportant third ODI – total Their fourth highest ODI ever.
A great knock! ๐ฏA great knock! ๐ฏThe rounds you played today also deserve a double ratingโฆ https://t.co/NHhj9L4jvd
– Sachin Tendulkar (@sachin_rt) 1670665966000
During the festival run at Chattogram, Kohli also completed 1000 ODI runs in Bangladesh — becoming only the second player to do so after Australia’s Shane Watson.
Before that, in August, Kohli scored his first goal of the T20I century in the Asian Cup against Afghanistan. Virat’s century against the Afghans broke a century of three-year drought for Virat.
Kohli was also the player with the most runs at the 2022 T20 FIFA World Cup in Australia, where he had a total of 296 runs in his six outings. India left the tournament in the semi-finals after suffering a 10-stroke defeat.