The barren run of centuries for Virat Kohli has finally come to an end as the Indian skipper scored his 40th century in ODIs on Tuesday in the second game of the five-match ODI series against Australia, when he smashed 116 off 120 balls.
Kohli, who failed to regi𒊎ster a score over 50 in his last five innings, scored a fighting century against the Aussies at the Vidarbha Cricket Association Stadium in Nagpur on Tuesday.
He reached the three-figure mark in the 44th over of the match with a boundary off Nathan Coulter-Nile. But, the 30-year-old couldn’t carry on till the end of the innings and finally fell for 116 in the 48th over to Pat Cummins while trying to score some quick runs for his side.
This is Kohli’s 7th century against Australia in ODIs and 14th overall across all the formats.
Here’s how Twitter reacted:
💯 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
— Michael Clarke (@MClarke23)
Top innings. Anꦺother day🌱 at work. Century for Virat Kohli. 40 in 224 innings is an unreal stat.
— Harsha Bhogle (@bhogleharsha)
शतक के सम्राट हैं
वीर है, विराट है।
40th ODI Ton. Ton Machine.— Aakash Chopra (@cricketaakash)
This is at his finest, getting runs amidst the ruins! In slightly challenging conditions, he's just backed himself and let go of the ego of a great batsman. Even in cruise mode he's delivered a potentially match-winning Century
— Vikrant Gupta (@vikrantgupta73)
Virat🐻 Kohli becomes the first human to score 40 hundreds in ODI cricket 🙌🙌
He now chases the Superman from India 🇮🇳😉
— Mumbai Indians (@mipaltan)
And that's century number 40 for the run-machine 💯
Incredible innings from w♛ho has held this innings together! What a𝓀 player!
— Punjab Kings (@PunjabKingsIPL)
The Run Machine, Virat Kohli brings up his 40th ODI Century 👏👏
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Congratulations champio✨n on the 40th ton, consistency, class and completeness! What a player💯
— R P Singh रुद्र प्रताप सिंह (@rpsingh)
Number 40 for the King, what a champion.
A great innings on this surface by Kohli.— Mohammad Kaif (@MohammadKaif)
ODI 100s by :
8⃣ v Sri Lanka
7⃣ v Australia
7⃣ v West Indies
5⃣ v New Zealand
4⃣ v South Africa
3⃣ v Bangladesh
3⃣ v England
2⃣ v Pakistan
1⃣ v Zimbabwe👏
— ICC Cricket World Cup (@cricketworldcup)
I mean he is only 9 ODI tons away from Sachin. ONLY EFFING🧸 NINE!
Take a bow, tie, suit everything –
— Nikhil 🏏 (@CricCrazyNIKS)
Kohli's century:
40th in ODIs
65th in International cricket
18th as captain in ODIs
36th as captain in International— Bharath Seervi (@SeerviBharath)
This is Virat Kohli's first century against Australia at home in 18 International innings. Last home ton against the Aussies came in 2013 also at the VCA Stadium in Nagpur.
— Sampath Bandarupalli (@SampathStats)
Most centuries in Asia in international cricket:
71 – Sachin Tendulkar
45 – Kumar Sangakkara
40 – VIRAT KOHLI*
39 – Mahela Jayawardene
33 – Younis Khan— Umang Pabari (@UPStatsman)
ODI century No.40 for Virat Kohli 👏👏👏
— cricket.com.au (@cricketcomau)
You had a feeling that the 50th ODI fifty wouldn’t last long! Kudos to for his 40th hundred. Not the easiest surfac🎐e hence more credit
— Gautam Bhimani (@gbhimani)
It's a tricky surface to bat on but put 250 runs on the board courtesy Virat Kohli's 4⃣0⃣th ODI hundred!🏏
PC – 💜— KolkataKnightRiders (@KKRiders)
Virat Kohli achieved the milestone in his 159th innings.
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