Ton-machine Virat Kohli continued to roll as he slammed his 31st ODI century in the first match of the three-match series against New Zealand at the Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai.
With that, Kohli surpassed the legendary Australian skipper Ricky Ponting to claim the second spot in ODI list for most 100s. Kohli is now behind only to Sachin Tendulkar, who occupies the top spot with 49 centuries in the ODI Cricket.
While Kohli has only played 200 matches, Ponting and Tendulkar have 375 and 463 ODIs to their name respectively. Also, the current Indian captain averages a phenomenal 55+, with Tendulkar and Ponting averaging close to 44 and 42 respectively.
At this rate, Kohli seems to be the only player currently, who can overtake Sachin’s legendary mark of 49. Not only the record of most ODI hundreds, At 28, Virat Kohli is all set to break almost all the records of Sachin, if he can continue that form for at least next one or two years. The 28-year old Run Machine has already over 8K ODI runs, 17 test hundreds to and an average over 49 in all form of the games.
