New Delhi. India’s star batsman Virat Kohli scored his 72nd international century in the third and final ODI against Bangladesh. He played a century in ODI cricket after 3 years. This is his 44th century in ODI cricket and now he is only 5 centuries away from Sachin’s 49 ODI hundreds.
This year, after a long wait, he scored his 71st century against Afghanistan, but it was in the T20I format. Against Bangladesh, he has left behind Ponting’s record of 71 centuries by scoring a century in 85 balls. Kohli was dismissed after playing an inning of 113 runs off 91 balls. He hit 11 fours and 2 sixes in his innings.
He was caught by Shakib Al Hasan at the hands of Mehidy Hasan Miraj.
Ricky Ponting’s record was broken
Prior to this match, he was equal to Ricky Ponting with 71 international centuries and he left behind Ricky Ponting’s record as soon as he scored his 72nd century. He is now second only to Sachin Tendulkar in terms of most international centuries, who have 100 international centuries in 782 innings.
Scored a century in ODI cricket after 3 years
This century is very special for Virat Kohli, because it has come after a long wait of thirty years. He scored the last ODI century in 2019 against the West Indies. However, during this time he scored more than 50 runs 10 times, but remained bereft of a century.
71st century was scored this year
Virat Kohli scored his 71st century after a long wait in the Asia Cup earlier this year. He played an explosive inning of 122 off 61 balls against Afghanistan. After that he was in excellent form in the T20 World Cup as well. He scored 296 runs in the T20 World Cup, which was the most by any batsman.