Virat Kohli Breaks Sachin Tendulkar's World Record, Slams 50th ODI Ton To Make History

15.11.2023 - 12:37 sports.ndtv.com

Virat Kohli finally surpassed legendary India cricketer Sachin Tendulkar as the international batter with the highest number of centuries in ODI cricket.

The former Indian cricket team captain slammed his 50th ODI ton against a hapless New Zealand bowling attack during the Cricket World Cup 2023 semifinal at the Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai.

Kohli looked in tremendous form and he was able to reach the milestone in 106 balls with the help of 8 fours and a six. Ahead of the match, Kohli was tied with Sachin at 49 centuries and an almost flawless innings etched his name in the history books.

This was also the eighth fifty plus score for Kohli in World Cup 2023 - the highest in a single edition of the competition. Most 50-plus scores in a World Cup edition 8 - Virat Kohli (2023) 7 - Sachin Tendulkar (2003) 7 - Shakib Al Hasan (2019) 6 - Rohit Sharma (2019) 6 - David Warner (2019) That was not all as Kohli also claimed another World Cup record that previously belonged to Tendulkar.

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Sachin Tendulkar and Virat Kohli are arguably two of the greatest batters of all time. Nearly every top batting record is held by the two India greats. In Test cricket, Tendulkar hold the record of scoring most number of centuries (51), while Kohli recently surpassed him to become the batter with the most number of tons in ODIs. Tendulkar is also the leading scorer in Tests and ODIs, while Kohli holds the same record in the shortest format of the game.

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