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NEW DELHI: Virat Kohli’s sublime period erstwhile again underlined his enduring greatness, adjacent though it came successful a losing origin arsenic New Zealand clinched the ODI bid 2-1 with a 41-run triumph successful the decider connected Sunday.
Kohli’s 108-ball 124 — his record-extending 54th ODI 100 — was the centrepiece of India’s chase, but it was not capable aft the hosts were acceptable a daunting people of 338 and yet bowled retired for 296 successful 46 overs.Go Beyond The Boundary with our YouTube channel. SUBSCRIBE NOW!India had slipped to 71 for four, and contempt warring half-centuries from Nitish Kumar Reddy (53) and Harshit Rana (52), the shortage proved excessively steep. Earlier, centuries from Daryl Mitchell (137) and Glenn Phillips (106) powered New Zealand to 337 for eight, with Zak Foulkes and Kristian Clarke sharing six wickets successful India’s reply.
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While the bid ended successful disappointment for India, it proved historical for Kohli, who continues to rewrite the grounds books with singular consistency. His 100 successful Indore was his seventh ODI period against New Zealand, the astir by immoderate batter against the Kiwis successful the format, surpassing legends similar Ricky Ponting and Virender Sehwag - six each. Overall, it was Kohli’s 10th planetary period against New Zealand, again the astir by immoderate batter crossed formats.
Most hundreds vs New Zealand (across formats)
- 10 - Virat Kohli (73 inns)
- 9 - Jacques Kallis (76 inns)
- 9 - Joe Root (71 inns)
- 9 - Sachin Tendulkar (80 inns)
The sound besides took Kohli to 59 List-A hundreds, placing him conscionable 1 shy of Sachin Tendulkar’s all-time grounds of 60 — a milestone firmly wrong reach. At home, Kohli registered his 41st planetary 100 connected Indian soil, moving person to Tendulkar’s grounds of 42.Another landmark saw Kohli spell past Ricky Ponting to go the highest run-scorer astatine No.3 successful ODI cricket, amassing 12,676 runs from that position.
His period successful Indore besides meant Kohli has present scored hundreds astatine 35 antithetic ODI venues, the astir by immoderate batter, overtaking Tendulkar.
Hundreds astatine astir venues (ODIs)
- 35 - Virat Kohli
- 34 - Sachin Tendulkar
- 26 - Rohit Sharma
- 21 - Ricky Ponting
- 21 - Hashim Amla
- 21 - AB de Villiers
Kohli besides joined a somewhat unwanted list, registering his ninth ODI 100 successful a losing cause, equalling Brendon Taylor and trailing lone Tendulkar (14) and Chris Gayle (11). His dominance against aggregate opponents remains staggering, with 7 oregon much hundreds present against 5 antithetic teams.Kohli’s grounds successful high-pressure scenarios further underlined his stature. In bilateral ODI bid deciders, helium has scored 784 runs astatine an mean of 52.26, portion successful 300-plus chases, his tally stands astatine 2,131 runs with 10 centuries.Virat Kohli successful the bilateral ODI bid deciders
- Innings: 16
- Runs: 784
- Avg: 52.26
- SR: 98.0
- 100s/50s: 2/6
- HS: 124
Virat Kohli successful 300-plus chases successful ODIs
- Innings: 37
- Runs: 2131
- Avg: 62.67
- SR: 106.4
- 100s/50s: 10/9
