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NEW DELHI: Virat Kohli continued his unthinkable tally of form, bringing up his 53rd ODI period successful the 2nd lucifer against South Africa successful Raipur connected Wednesday. The milestone came disconnected 90 balls and marked his 2nd consecutive 100 of the series, pursuing his superb 135 successful the opening ODI successful Ranchi.
Go Beyond The Boundary with our YouTube channel. SUBSCRIBE NOW!His accomplishment rapidly drew reactions connected and disconnected the field, with woman Anushka Sharma sharing a bosom emoji connected Instagram to observe the moment.
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This period lifted Kohli’s tally to 84 planetary hundreds, inching him person to Sachin Tendulkar’s all-time grounds of 100. It besides saw him registry an unprecedented 11th lawsuit of scoring consecutive ODI centuries — the astir by immoderate cricketer, surpassing AB de Villiers’ six.

Kohli’s innings of 102 disconnected 93 balls, featuring 7 fours and 2 sixes, played a pivotal relation successful India posting a formidable 358/5.
Supporting him brilliantly was Ruturaj Gaikwad, who scored his maiden ODI century, a superb 105 disconnected 83 balls. Together, the brace stitched a record-breaking 195-run basal for the 3rd wicket, the highest ODI concern for India against South Africa.Their confederation came aft India stumbled to 62/2, losing openers Yashasvi Jaiswal (22) and Rohit Sharma (14) early. The concern surpassed Sachin Tendulkar and Dinesh Karthik’s 194-run basal successful Gwalior successful 2010.
Gaikwad besides registered the second-fastest ODI 100 by an Indian against South Africa, getting determination successful 77 balls — lone down Yusuf Pathan’s 68-ball ton successful 2011.KL Rahul aboriginal added finishing touches with an unbeaten 66, ensuring India crossed the 350-run mark.For South Africa, Marco Jansen was the astir effectual bowler with 2/63, though their task became tougher erstwhile Nandre Burger near the tract midway owed to an ankle niggle.With this knock, Kohli present has 7 oregon much ODI centuries against 4 antithetic opponents — South Africa, Australia, Sri Lanka and West Indies — a feat antecedently achieved lone by Sachin Tendulkar.
