Kohli's special 200 and the tale of 31 tons

Kohli has the most number of centuries after 200 ODIs. De Villiers had 24 while Chris Gayle had 19 and Tendulkar, Ganguly had 18 centuries beside their names after 200 ODIs.

What’s more, Kohli was playing 200th ODI. Before him, only AB de Villiers had struck a century in his 200th ODI appearance. (Photo: AFP)

Kohli is now only behind Sachin Tendulkar, who amassed 49 ODI hundreds besides a staggering 51 centuries in Tests. (Photo: AFP)

Kohli has reached 31 ODI centuries in just 192 innings while Tendulkar had taken as many as 271 innings to reach the same. (Photo: AP)

The Indian captain has 17 hundreds to his name in the five-day format. (Photo: AFP)

Kohli (121), who had a quiet series against Australia by his lofty standards, got to a double milestone by scoring a hundred on his 200th ODI. (Photo: AP)

Virat Kohli surpassed the legendary Ricky Pointing to become the second highest century maker in ODIs en route his 31st hundred during the opening match against New Zealand. (Photo: ICC)