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Virat Kohli celebrates his period successful Raipur. (Pic credit: BCCI)
NEW DELHI: Virat Kohli’s bonzer signifier reached caller heights connected Wednesday, yet his 2nd successive period was not capable to forestall South Africa from scripting a series-levelling pursuit of 359 successful Raipur.
Despite Kohli’s majestic 102 — his 53rd ODI 100 — India suffered a four-wicket decision arsenic Aiden Markram’s 110 led the Proteas to a thrilling triumph with 4 balls to spare. The three-match ODI bid present moves to a decider successful Visakhapatnam connected Saturday.Go Beyond The Boundary with our YouTube channel. SUBSCRIBE NOW!Kohli, who stitched a grounds 195-run basal with Ruturaj Gaikwad (105), was astatine his vintage best, producing a masterclass successful timing, placement and unit handling.
But beyond the heartbreak of defeat, the 37-year-old rewrote the past books erstwhile again, further strengthening his presumption arsenic 1 of the top ODI batters.
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The period took Kohli level with Sachin Tendulkar for astir ODI hundreds astatine 34 antithetic venues, portion
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(26) remains a distant 2nd among progressive players. The Raipur sound besides extended Kohli’s astonishing grounds of consecutive ODI period streaks — he present has 11 abstracted instances of scoring tons successful back-to-back innings, astir treble of AB de Villiers’ six.
Kohli’s dominance against South Africa stands unparalleled arsenic well. His latest ton was his seventh against the Proteas, the astir by immoderate batter, pushing him up of legends similar Tendulkar and David Warner (five each). He present has 7 oregon much ODI centuries against 4 antithetic nations — Sri Lanka (10), West Indies (9), Australia (8) and South Africa (7) — a feat antecedently achieved lone by Tendulkar crossed aggregate opponents - 9 vs Australia and 8 vs Sri Lanka..Even much staggering is his conversion rate. Kohli has converted 41.4% of his 50-plus scores into hundreds (53 retired of 128), the highest successful ODI past among batters with astatine slightest 100 innings. No different progressive cricketer comes close, with Hashim Amla (40.91%) being the nearest.While Kohli delivered numbers that whitethorn stay unmatched for decades, Gaikwad, too, showcased his people with the fastest ODI period for India against South Africa (77 balls). Their concern besides became India’s highest successful ODIs against the Proteas, surpassing Sachin Tendulkar and Dinesh Karthik’s 194-run basal from 2010.
