India’s star batter Virat Kohli ended a long wait for a One Day International century, going past the three-figure mark in Chittagong against Bangladesh on Saturday.
It was his 44th ODI ton and 72nd overall in international cricket. With this century he went past Ricky Ponting’s total of 71 international tons and now only has Sachin Tendulkar ahead of him (100 centuries).
Kohli was dismissed for 113 off 91 balls in the 42nd over of the innings.
𝐂𝐄𝐍𝐓𝐔𝐑𝐘 𝐅𝐎𝐑 𝐕𝐈𝐑𝐀𝐓 𝐊𝐎𝐇𝐋𝐈 💥💯
— BCCI (@BCCI) December 10, 2022
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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44 - This is @imVkohli's 44th ODI ton and 72nd ton in international cricket going past Ricky Ponting (71); this happens to be his first century in the format since scoring 114* vs West Indies on 14 Aug 2019. King.#BANvIND pic.twitter.com/l5AI6ObmHj
— OptaJeev (@OptaJeev) December 10, 2022
It marks Kohli’s second international century of 2022, as he earlier ended another long wait, one for his 71st century, when he reached three figures for the first time in T20Is, against Afghanistan at the Asia Cup.
Most international centuries (men's)
| Player | Mat | Inns | 100 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sachin Tendulkar | 664 | 782 | 100 |
| Virat Kohli | 482 | 536 | 72 |
| Ricky Ponting | 560 | 668 | 71 |
| Kumar Sangakkara | 594 | 666 | 63 |
| Jacques Kallis | 519 | 617 | 62 |
| Hashim Amla | 349 | 437 | 55 |
| Mahela Jayawardene | 652 | 725 | 54 |
| Brian Lara | 430 | 521 | 53 |
| Rahul Dravid | 509 | 605 | 48 |
| AB de Villiers | 420 | 484 | 47 |