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His goal is to wear the Indian jersey in the 2027 ODI World Cup in South Africa, Zimbabwe and Namibia.
Virat Kohli is playing on a different level since announcing his retirement from Test cricket last year. He was approaching his 54th ODI hundred in the first match against New Zealand, but was dismissed for 93 runs, leaving the fans stunned. The right-handed batter faced 91 runs and hit 8 fours and 1 six. He kept the Indian team ahead in a chase of 301 runs and added crucial runs with Shubman Gill (56) and Shreyas Iyer (47*). Kohli’s hundred tally stands at 84 across formats in international cricket.
He came into the series after wrapping up a sensational series against South Africa, where he hit two consecutive hundreds and a fifty in a three-match series. He was named the Player of the Match for amassing over 300 runs. In the last five ODIs, he has struck three tons in the fifty-over format.
He needs 17 centuries to break Sachin Tendulkar’s record of 100 centuries in international cricket.
Second-highest run getter in international cricket
Virat also surpassed Kumar Sangakkara in the list of most runs in international cricket. Former Sri Lanka player scored 28016 runs in his career, and when Kohli reached 42 in the series opener, he clinched the second place in the elite list. With 34357 runs, Sachin is still miles ahead of his former teammate.
Virat has already retired from T20Is and Test cricket and is only active in one-day internationals. His goal is to wear the Indian jersey in the 2027 ODI World Cup in South Africa, Zimbabwe and Namibia.