Virat Kohli equals Sachin Tendulkar's record

Virat Kohli equals Sachin Tendulkar's record

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Category : Sports Published on: January 12 2023

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  • Former captain of the Indian cricket team Virat Kohli yesterday (January 10) equalled master blaster Sachin Tendulkar's record of slamming 20 One Day International centuries on the home soil. 
  • Kohli scored a hundred in just 80 balls against Sri Lanka in the first ODI of the three-match series. 
  • He scored 113 runs off 87 balls.
  • Kohli took only 99 innings to score his 20th ODI hundred on home soil, while Sachin did so in 160 innings.
  • Kohli has so far scored 45 ODI centuries, 27 test tons and one T20 hundred.  
  • Kohli has also surpassed Tendulkar's record of most ODI hundreds against Sri Lanka. Virat Kohli now has nine centuries against Sri Lanka compared to eight by Tendulkar.
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