Indian captain Virat Kohli scored his 40th One-Day International century during the second ODI against Australia as India were bowled out for 250.
The 30-year-old got to the milestone off 107 deliveries at the Vidarbha Cricket Association Stadium in Nagpur.
Leading 1-0 in the five-match series, India were put into bat after Australian skipper Aaron Finch won the toss and elected to field.
Apart from Kohli and Vijay Shankar’s (46 off 41) 81-run fourth wicket partnership, the hosts kept losing wickets consistently.
Heroes from the first ODI, Kedar Jadhav (11 off 12) and Mahendra Singh Dhoni were removed off consecutive deliveries by leg-spinner Adam Zampa.
Kohli, though, kept powering on and went on to make 116 off 120 balls. It was another masterful innings from the skipper, bailing India out of a precarious position.
Virat Kohli is only the 6th player to score 9000 runs in International cricket as captain and the Quickest to get there – in 159 innings.
— Sampath Bandarupalli (@SampathStats) March 5, 2019
No player before Kohli even scored 7000 International runs as captain in 159 innings. (Brian Lara – 7000 as captain in 164 inns) #INDvAUS
Virat has scored six hundreds in his last 10 ODIs in India - that's some batting!#INDvAUS
— Rajneesh Gupta (@rgcricket) March 5, 2019
Since the 2015 World Cup, ODIs involving Virat Kohli have seen batsmen attack an average of 43% of deliveries, playing a false shot 15% of the time.
— The Cricket Prof. (@CricProf) March 5, 2019
In those games, Kohli has attacked 38% of balls, but played a false shot just 9% of the time.
Consummate control.#INDvAUS
Most ODI hundreds vs Australia:
— Rajneesh Gupta (@rgcricket) March 5, 2019
9 Sachin Tendulkar (in 70 inns)
7 VIRAT KOHLI (in 31 inns)
7 Rohit Sharma (in 33 inns)
6 Desmond Haynes (in 64 inns) #INDvAUS
This is Virat Kohli's first century against Australia at home in 18 International innings. Last home ton against the Aussies came in 2013 also at the VCA Stadium in Nagpur. #INDvAUS
— Sampath Bandarupalli (@SampathStats) March 5, 2019
Kohli's century:
— Bharath Seervi (@SeerviBharath) March 5, 2019
40th in ODIs
65th in International cricket
18th as captain in ODIs
36th as captain in International#IndvAus
40th ODI century:
— Umang Pabari (@UPStatsman) March 5, 2019
Sachin Tendulkar - 355 innings
Virat Kohli - 216 innings#INDvAUS
Most centuries in List A cricket:
— Deepu Narayanan (@deeputalks) March 5, 2019
60 S Tendulkar (538 inngs)
44 G Gooch (601)/ V KOHLI (249*)
40 G Hick (630)
39 K Sangakkara (500)#INDvAUS
Virat Kohli becomes the first player to score seven or more centuries against three different teams in ODIs.
— Umang Pabari (@UPStatsman) March 5, 2019
v Sri Lanka (8), v Windies (7), v Australia (7)#INDvAUS
Most ODI hundreds:
— Rajneesh Gupta (@rgcricket) March 5, 2019
49 Sachin Tendulkar (in 452 inns)
40 VIRAT KOHLI (in 216 inns)
30 Ricky Ponting (in 365 inns) #INDvAUS
Most centuries in Asia in international cricket:
— Umang Pabari (@UPStatsman) March 5, 2019
71 - Sachin Tendulkar
45 - Kumar Sangakkara
40 - VIRAT KOHLI*
39 - Mahela Jayawardene
33 - Younis Khan #INDvAUS
Kohli's 40 ODI 100s:
— Bharath Seervi (@SeerviBharath) March 5, 2019
8 v SL
7 v WI, Aus
5 v NZ
4 v SA
3 v Eng, Ban
2 v Pak
1 v Zim#IndvAus
ODI 100s for Virat Kohli - 40 (216 inngs)
— Deepu Narayanan (@deeputalks) March 5, 2019
ODIs 100s for Kane Williamson, Joe Root & Steve Smith combined - 33 (346 inngs)#INDvAUS
Kohli as captain:
— Bharath Seervi (@SeerviBharath) March 5, 2019
Tests: 18 100s in 76 inns
ODIs: 18 100s in 62 inns#IndvAus
After 224 ODIs -
— Peter Miller (@TheCricketGeek) March 5, 2019
Sachin Tendulkar - 8350 runs, ave 42.6, SR 86.45, 23 hundreds, 44 fifties
Virat Kohli - 10686* runs, ave 60.03, SR 92.61, 40 hundreds, 49 fifties.
It isn't even close for the best ODI batsman ever any more. Kohli wins hands down.
Another aspect of Virat Kohli's cricket. Hot day, 100 on the board and he is still running between the wickets like he has just come in
— Harsha Bhogle (@bhogleharsha) March 5, 2019