Prediction was made 12 years ago, Kohli will break Sachin’s record
Indian team in World Cup 2023 Final I have cemented my place. India won by 70 runs New Zealand Has defeated. After 12 years, once again the Indian team has confirmed its place in the finals. India’s star batsman in the semi-final match Virat Kohli Played an innings of 117 runs. With this century, Kohli broke the record of former Indian opener Sachin Tendulkar. Virat has scored half centuries of centuries. And has the distinction of scoring the most centuries in ODIs. Earlier, the record of most centuries was in the name of Sachin Tendulkar. He has scored 49 centuries in ODIs. Virat Kohli had equaled his century on his birthday. A fan of Virat had announced this on social media in 2012 itself. Fans uploaded Virat’s picture on their Facebook and wrote that Virat Kohli will break Sachin’s ODI century.
Fans’ predictions proved correct
A fan of Virat Kohli had made this prediction through Facebook in 2012. Fans uploaded Virat’s picture on their Facebook and wrote that Virat Kohli will break Sachin’s ODI century. Which has now been proved correct. Virat has achieved this feat during the World Cup 2023. In the first semi-final match of the World Cup 2023, Virat scored 117 runs in 113 balls with the help of nine fours and two sixes and proved the predictions made by the fans correct.
World Cup 2023 becomes special for Virat Kohli
The Indian team won the toss and came to bat at Wankhede. Captain Rohit Sharma and Shubman Gill gave a fast start to the team. But Rohit Sharma could not prolong his innings and missed scoring a half-century. After which opener Virat Kohli came on the field. Virat Kohli showed patience and played a brilliant innings and scored 117 runs in his own style. In this match itself, Virat Kohli first crossed the 600-run mark in the World Cup 2023 and now by scoring more than 700 runs, he became the highest run-scorer in this tournament. His wife cum cine actress Anushka Sharma also came to watch this match. Along with Master Blaster Sachin Tendulkar, England’s famous footballer David Beckham also came to the stadium.
Kohli’s milestone of 50 centuries..
century-score-vs-year
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1- 107-Sri Lanka-2009
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5th century- 100*- Bangladesh- 2011
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10th century- 108-Sri Lanka-2012
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15th century-115- Zimbabwe- 2013
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20th century- 127-West Indies-2014
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25th century-106-Australia-2016
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30th century-110*- Sri Lanka- 2017
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35th century- 129* – South Africa- 2018
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40th century- 116- Australia- 2019
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45th century- 113- Sri Lanka-2023
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49th century- 101- South Africa- 2023
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50th century- 117- New Zealand- 2023
How many centuries did Kohli score against which team?
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Against Sri Lanka – 10 centuries
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9 centuries against West Indies
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-8 centuries against Australia
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Against New Zealand – 6 centuries
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Against Bangladesh – 5 centuries
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Against South Africa – 5 centuries
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Against Pakistan – 3 centuries
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Against England – 3 centuries
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Against Zimbabwe – 1 century
These records were also in the name of Kohli..
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Virat Kohli scored 50 plus for the 217th time in international cricket and left former Sri Lankan batsman Sangakkara behind. Virat Kohli now stands at par with Ricky Ponting. Now only Sachin Tendulkar (264 times) is ahead of him.
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Kohli scored 50 plus for the eighth time in a World Cup season. He left behind Sachin Tendulkar (7 times) and Shakib Al Hasan of Bangladesh (7 times).
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Kohli has now become the batsman who has scored the most runs in a World Cup. He has broken the 20 year old record of Sachin Tendulkar. Sachin had scored 673 runs in the 2003 World Cup. Kohli has scored 711 runs in 10 matches of World Cup 2023. The final match is still pending.
