Team India’s skipper Virat Kohli brought up his 30th ODI century during the fifth ODI against Sri Lanka yesterday, equalling former Australian captain Ricky Ponting’s feat of as many centuries.
After the match, Kohli termed it an honour to have equalled Ponting’s 30 ODI hundreds but feels that it will take “one hell of an effort” to reach anywhere near Sachin Tendulkar’s world record of 49 hundreds.
“The great man (Sachin Tendulkar) is quite a bit away. That’s going to take a hell of an effort. Again, I am not thinking about that. It’s only about the team where even if I score a 90 not out and the team goes across the line, it’s good enough for me,” Kohli said at the post-match press conference.
“It’s an honour for me to equal someone like Ricky Ponting. That’s not something that you aim for but obviously he’s a great player and as batsmen we all respect what these legends have done” he added.
