Virat Kohli Bows To Sachin After 50th Ton!

Run Machine Virat Kohli has a remarkable journey in the cricket world. Like others, he also entered the game as a youngster. But he is having a phenomenal run and he is regarded as the modern-day great across the formats. Given the legacy he created and the records he has there is nothing wrong in seeing him as among the greats.

Now Virat Kohli entered the history books with a memorable record. He now has 50 centuries in the ODI format and he went past Sachin Tendulkar in Centuries tally. Sachin has 49 tons and Virat went past it. In the ongoing World Cup, Virat scored his 48,49 and now the 50th century.

The century is special as it came in the knockout match. His glorious innings include one six and eight fours. He took his time to settle and once he found the rhythm there was no looking back. His century placed India in a good position. With Shreyas Iyer, he made a partnership of 350 plus.

Virat Kohli took fewer innings than Sachin Tendulkar to go past him. God Of Cricket Sachin is dubbed as one of the most consistent players ever and Virat going past him even with fewer innings speaks volumes about the special talent Virat possesses.

Virat Kohli also broke another massive record of Sachin Tendulkar. Virat now has the Most runs in the ODI World Cup edition by a player. Sachin held the record with 673 runs in 11 innings. He scored this in the 2003 edition. Now, Virat has broken his record.

Virat Kohli has eight fifty-plus scores in a single World Cup edition. Sachin held the record with seven such scores. Virat Kohli who sees Sachin as his idol broke his record and stood tall.

Overall, Virat Kohli has 80 centuries to his name so far. He is in the second position in the list of players with the most centuries. Sachin is at the top with 100 centuries. Virat is at the second position and Australia’s great Ricky Ponting is at the third spot.

Virat Kohli had the fortune to break his idol’s record in his presence. After scoring his 50th century, Virat bowed down to Sachin who was at the stadium. Very rarely we see such moments and this happened today.