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Virat Kohli hits 79th ton against South Africa on birthday, equaling Sachin’s record

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In the last few matches, Kohli missed his century by some margin but now on his special day, he mesmerized the Kolkata crowd with his big hits and superb shots and brought up his 49th ODI century to break the record of the great Sachin Tendulkar’s 49 to match. centuries.

IND vs SA, ICC World Cup 2023: Virat Kohli hits 79th International Hundred against South Africa, equals Sachin Tendulkar’s ODI century record. (Image: Twitter)

Calcutta: Virat Kohli lit up the Eden Gardens in Kolkata on Sunday as the ‘King’ of world cricket hit a glorious hundred in an ICC World Cup 2023 match against South Africa on his 35th birthday.

In the last few matches, Kohli missed his century by some margin but now on his special day, he mesmerized the Kolkata crowd with his big hits and superb shots and brought up his 49th ODI century to break the record of the great Sachin Tendulkar’s 49 to match. centuries. Currently, Virat has a total of 79 international hundreds to his name and is second in the all-time list after Tendulkar.

The Royal Challengers Bangalore man brought up his 100 in 119 balls, hitting 10 fours on his way to the three-figure score.

Rohit Sharma continued his high-risk play to give India a flourishing start, but South Africa held the hosts back by removing the captain and his opening partner Shubman Gill.

Rohit hit a 24-ball 40 and shared an opening partnership of 62 runs with Shubman Gill (23), but the Proteas left them fighting at 105 for two after 15 overs. The flurry of shots from Rohit’s bat saw India complete 50 runs in just 4.3 overs as the skipper smashed two sixes and six boundaries during his entertaining innings.

However, Rohit could not build on the solid start with pacer Kagiso Rabada taking his wicket. Temba Bavuma held on to a fast traveling shot after Rohit couldn’t get enough height to clear the fielder at mid-on.

The Proteas skipper dived to his right and took a great catch.

Gill soon departed, impressed by an excellent delivery from spinner Keshav Maharaj in the 11th over, which landed just outside his leg, spun slightly to beat the young batting sensation and clip the bails.

Kohli and Shreyas Iyer came to the crease and led the charge for the home side with a 100-run partnership. Iyer was later forced to leave after scoring a solid 87-ball 77. He miscued his shot and skied it high into the air before Aiden Markram took a routine catch. KL Rahul and Suryakumar Yadav scored 8 and 22 respectively before being sent back to the pavilion.

Ravindra Jadeja was the last man at the crease with Kohli. He scored 29 off 15 balls. India eventually finished at 327/5 after 50 overs and the former India captain left the field with a score of 101.



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