Virat Kohli Gets 72nd International Century, Goes Past Ricky Ponting’s Record

The former India skipper also reached his 72nd international century and crossed Australian legend Ricky Ponting, who has  71 centuries in his kitty.

Virat Kohli in action.

Source : PTI

New Delhi: India’s ace batter Virat Kohli smashed his 44th ODI century in the third ODI against Bangladesh on Saturday. He whacked 11 boundaries and two huge sixes in order to get his century. 

Kohli got the century after three years long drought. The last time he scored a century in ODI was back in 2019  against West Indies. The former India skipper also reached his 72nd international century and crossed Australian legend Ricky Ponting, who has  71 centuries in his kitty.

𝐂𝐄𝐍𝐓𝐔𝐑𝐘 𝐅𝐎𝐑 𝐕𝐈𝐑𝐀𝐓 𝐊𝐎𝐇𝐋𝐈 💥💯

He brings up his 44th ODI ton off 85 deliveries.

He goes past Ricky Ponting to be second on the list in most number of centuries in international cricket.

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— BCCI (@BCCI) December 10, 2022

The Delhi-based batter also completed 1000 ODI runs in Bangladesh and became the second player after Shane Watson to get to 1000 ODI runs. He also forged 290 runs stand for the second wicket with  Ishan Kishan who scripted history after he scored a double century and the fastest to achieve the feat.

𝟐𝟎𝟎 𝐑𝐔𝐍𝐒 𝐅𝐎𝐑 𝐈𝐒𝐇𝐀𝐍 𝐊𝐈𝐒𝐇𝐀𝐍 🔥🔥

𝐖𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐚 𝐬𝐞𝐧𝐬𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐝𝐨𝐮𝐛𝐥𝐞 𝐡𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐫𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐡𝐚𝐬 𝐛𝐞𝐞𝐧.

He is the fourth Indian to do so. Take a bow, @ishankishan51 💥💥#BANvIND pic.twitter.com/Mqr2EdJUJv

— BCCI (@BCCI) December 10, 2022

Ishan hit 200 runs in just 126 balls, breaking Chris Gayle's record of scoring a double ton in 138 balls. With this knock, the young Indian batsman becomes the seventh person in the world to achieve the feat and fourth from India after Sachin Tendulkar, Rohit Sharma, and Virender Sehwag. 

Squads:

India:  KL Rahul (C) (WK), Shikhar Dhawan, Virat Kohli, Rajat Patidar, Shreyas Iyer, Rahul Tripathi, Ishan Kishan (WK), Shahbaz Ahmed, Axar Patel, Washington Sundar, Shardul Thakur, Mohd. Siraj, Umran Malik, Kuldeep Yadav.

Bangladesh: Tamim Iqbal (c), Litton Das, Anamul Haque, Shakib Al Hasan, Mushfiqur Rahim, Afif Hossain, Yasir Ali, Mehidy Hasan, Mustafizur Rahman, Taskin Ahmed, Hasan Mahmud, Ebadot Hossain, Nasum Ahmed, Mahmudullah, Najmul Hossain Shanto and Nurul Hasan Sohan.