IND VS SL: Virat Kohli scores 166* to break Sachin Tendulkar’s record of most tons at Home in ODIs

Virat Kohli brought up his 46th ODI century against Sri Lanka in Greenfield International Stadium on Sunday.

Kohli is now just four ODI centuries away from breaking Sachin Tendulkar’s record for most hundreds in the format. Kohli has 46 ODI centuries, whereas Tendulkar has scored 49 ODI hundreds in his career.

This was also his  74th hundred in international cricket. He took 10 fours and 1 six to reach his latest ton. He also broke Tendulkar’s record for most centuries at home with 21 hundreds to his name at home now. The right-handed batsman also went past Tendulkar’s record of scoring most ODI centuries (9) against a single opponent.

Kohli scores 46th ODI ton, 21st at home

Kohli also broke into the list of top 5 batters to have the most ODI runs in history, leapfrogging Sri Lanka’s Mahela Jayawardene. He is now only behind Tendulkar, Kumar Sangakkara, Ricky Ponting and Sanath Jayasuriya in the elite list.

Hence, India pulled off another day of batting dominance in the the third One Day International against Sri Lanka at Thiruvananthapuram on Sunday. Fluent, untroubled centuries by Shubman Gill and Virat Kohli added to the tourists’ misery in this series as they pushed India to 390/5 in a bid to clean sweep the series 3-0.

It wouldn’t be wrong to say that 2023 already seems to be the year of one of India’s best players, Virat Kohli. In just 15 days, Kohli has managed to score two centuries in the One Day International (ODI) series against Sri Lanka. 

Moreover, take a look at Virat Kohli’s wagon wheel in the third ODI against Sri Lanka shared on BCCI.Tv:

Anushka Sharma is elated as Virat Kohli hits 46th ODI hundred: ‘What a man’

Anushka Sharma soon took to her Instagram handle and gave a shout out to husband, cricketer Virat Kohli after he smashed a century in the third and final ODI in the series against Sri Lanka. This is Kohli’s 46th ODI century and also his 74th hundred in international cricket.

Sharma shared a glimpse of Kohli from today’s match and wrote, “What a man. What an inning played.”

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