Most centuries in ODIs at home
Most centuries in ODIs at home: Sensational Virat Kohli all set to surpass India legend Sachin Tendulkar’s most century in ODIs at home when he walks in to bat in the second ODI against Sri Lanka at the Eden Gardens in Kolkata on Thursday.
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The 34-year-old scored 113 runs off 87 balls to give Team India a 67-run victory over Sri Lanka in the first ODI. In the 50-over format at Guwahati, Kohli surpassed Tendulkar’s record for most hundreds versus Sri Lanka.
The most centuries by a hitter in the history of the 50-over format belong to Kohli, who has nine against the 1996 world champions. In the series finale, Kohli will lead India’s batting charge and try to surpass Tendulkar’s incredible home record.
Two of India’s most prominent batters in the history of Indian cricket, Kohli and Tendulkar, have each scored 20 ODI hundreds for Team India at home, which is a record for any cricketer. Thus, if Kohli scores his 46th ODI century in the upcoming match against Sri Lanka at Eden Gardens, Kohli will surpass the legendary batsman. However, if Kohli manages to reach another three-figure total in this series, he would surpass Tendulkar’s record considerably more quickly.
Kohli slams 20 centuries at home in just 101 innings
Kohli took just 101 innings to reach has 20 home ODI hundreds at home mark. While Sachin created this record in 160 innings.
Kohli 67 runs behind Mahela Jayewardene’s record
Kohli has the opportunity to break two ODI records during the series against Sri Lanka in the 50-over format.
The former Indian captain has scored 12,584 runs for the two-time winners. To surpass Mahela Jayewardene’s aggregate of 12,650 runs in ODIs, the in-form hitter needs 67 runs.
If Kohli eventually surpasses the former captain of Sri Lanka, he will enter the top five all-time run scorers in ODI cricket. Kohli has 73 international centuries in 266 ODIs.
In ODIs, Kohli has scored 45 hundreds, while the run-machine Kohli has 27 centuries to his credit in tests.
Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma climb up in ICC Rankings
Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma, two of India’s top batsmen, as well as pacer Mohammed Siraj, all had significant increases in the latest ICC Men’s ODI Player Rankings.
In the first ODI between India and Sri Lanka on Tuesday in Guwahati, Kohli produced an incredible century, propelling him up to sixth place.
Also scoring aggressively with an 83, Rohit Sharma moved up to eighth place. Dasun Shanaka, the captain of Sri Lanka, hit a valiant century despite his team losing and climbed 20 ranks to number 61.
Mohammed Siraj, who gained the most ground in the bowling rankings after taking two wickets in the first ODI, rose four spots to position 18.
Suryakumar Yadav maintains his position at the top of the T20I batting rankings lists thanks to his outstanding century in the third T20I match against Sri Lanka.
