Ranchi, 30 November. In the first match of the ODI series between India and South Africa at the JSCA International Stadium here on Sunday, ‘Run Machine’ Virat Kohli played a brilliant inning of 135 runs (120 balls, seven sixes, 11 fours), not only breaking many records with his 52nd ODI century but also played an important role in taking the hosts to a huge score (8-349).

52 centuries in ODI, More than 14000 runs and more than 150 sixes

This century of 37-year-old Virat, who scored his 83rd century in international cricket, is the highest by any batsman in the ODI format. Former Indian captain Kohli has now scored a total of 52 centuries, more than 14,000 runs and more than 150 sixes in 306 ODI matches. Another former Indian captain Sachin Tendulkar is at second place with 49 centuries in 463 ODI matches while at third place is former Indian captain Rohit Sharma, who has 33 centuries in 277 ODI matches. After this, at fourth and fifth place are former Australian captain Ricky Ponting (30 centuries) and former Sri Lankan captain Sanath Jayasuriya (28 centuries).

Virat also broke these world records of Ponting-Tendulkar

With this inning, Virat Kohli also broke other world records of Ricky Ponting and Sachin Tendulkar. In fact, in the one-day format, Virat Kohli has become the batsman who has hit the most sixes by coming at number three. He broke Ricky Ponting’s record of 217 sixes. As soon as he hit two sixes in this match, he went ahead of Ponting. At the same time, along with completing his fifty, he broke Sachin Tendulkar’s world record of scoring the highest score of 50+ while playing at home. Sachin had done this 58 times, which Kohli has surpassed. Kohli scored 50+ for the 59th time in home ODI.

Became the first batsman in the world to do so

Apart from breaking the records of Ponting and Tendulkar, Virat Kohli also made a record in his name, which no one has been able to do in history. Virat Kohli has become the first cricketer in the world to score 10,000 runs in bilateral ODI matches. Before this match, he had 9,936 runs in his name in bilateral ODI matches. He created history as soon as he completed the 64th run in the match.

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It is noteworthy that Kohli has recently retired from Test and T20 cricket. Now he plays for Team India only in ODI format. Fans are hoping that he will also play in the future ODI World Cup 2027, although this decision will depend on his fitness.

It is worth noting that Kohli could not score runs in the first two ODI matches on the Australia tour. But he made a comeback in Ranchi and scored a brilliant century. There is a three-match ODI series between India and South Africa and Team India would like to take the lead in the series with this victory. Earlier, South Africa had achieved a 2-0 clean sweep against India in the Test series.