Virat kohli Centuries :- It’s time to celebrate the ultimate ODI batting career of all time. Virat Kohli made history on Wednesday during the 2023 World Cup semifinal b/w India and New Zealand, as he became the 1st and only batter in the 52-year-long past of the format to complete 50 ODI centuries.
In 2012, the great Sachin Tendulkar set the record with 49 Hundreds, and for the longest time, even the idea of repeating it appeared unthinkable. But here we are, 11 years ahead, when Tendulkar’s heir to Indian batting, Kohli, has achieved a milestone players could only dream of. As Indian cricket celebrates this historic time, we are here to refresh your memory and take you down memory lane by summarizing all of Kohli’s 50 ODI centuries.
Virat Kohli Centuries
Century No. 1: 107 against Sri Lanka, 2009, Kolkata on 24/12/2009
2: 102* vs Bangladesh, Mirpur on 11/01/2010
3: 118 vs Australia, Visakhapatnam on 20/10/2010
4: 105 vs New Zealand, Guwahati on 28/11/2010
5: 100* vs Bangladesh, Mirpur on 19/02/2011
6: 107 vs England, Cardiff on 16/09/2011
7: 112 vs England, Delhi on 17/11/2011
8: 117 vs West Indies, Visakhapatnam on 02/12/2011
9: 133 not out vs Sri Lanka, Hobart on 28/02/2012
10: 108 vs Sri Lanka, Mirpur on 13/03/2012
11: 183 vs Pakistan, Mirpur on 18/03/2012
12: 106 vs Sri Lanka, Hambantota on 21/07/2012
13: 128* vs Sri Lanka, Colombo on 31/07/2012
14: 102 vs West Indies, Antigua on 5/07/2013
15: 115 vs Zimbabwe, Harare on 23/07/2013
16: 100 not out vs Australia, Jaipur on 16/10/2013
17: 115* vs Australia, Nagpur on 30/10/2013
18: 123 vs New Zealand, Napier on 22/01/2014
19: 136 vs Bangladesh, Fatullah on 26/02/2014
20: 127 vs West Indies, Dharamsala on 17/10/2014
21: 139* vs Sri Lanka, Ranchi on 16/11/2014
22: 107 vs Pakistan, Adelaide on 15/02/2015
23: 138 vs South Africa, Chennai on 22/10/2015
24: 117 vs Australia, Melbourne on 17/01/2016
25: 106 vs Australia, Canberra on 20/01/2016
26: 154* vs New Zealand, Mohali on 26/10/2016
27: 122 vs England, Pune on 15/01/2017
28: 111 vs West Indies, Jamaica on 6/07/2017
29: 131 vs Sri Lanka, Colombo on 31/08/2017
30: 110* vs Sri Lanka, Colombo on 3/09/2017
31: 121 vs New Zealand, Wankhede on 22/10/2017
32: 113 vs New Zealand, Kanpur on 29/10/2017
33: 112 vs South Africa, Durban on 1/02/2018
34: 160 vs South Africa, Cape Town on 7/02/2018
35: 129* vs South Africa, Centurion on 16/02/2018
36: 140 vs West Indies, Gwalior on 21/10/2018
37: 157 vs West Indies, Visakhapatnam on 24/10/2018
38: 107 vs West Indies, Pune on 29/10/2018
39: 104 vs Australia, Adelaide on 15/01/2019
40: 116 vs Australia, Nagpur on 5/03/2019
41: 123 vs Australia, Ranchi on 8/03/2019
42: 120 vs West Indies, Port of Spain on 11/08/2019
43: 114 vs West Indies, Port of Spain on 14/08/2019
44: 113 vs Bangladesh, Chattogram on 10/12/2022
45: 113 vs Sri Lanka, Guwahati on 10/01/2023
46: 166 vs Sri Lanka, Thiruvananthapuram on 15/01/2023
47: 122 vs Pakistan, Colombo on 10/09/2023
48: 103* vs Bangladesh, Pune on 19/10/2023
49: 101 vs South Africa, Kolkata on 5/11/2023
Century No. 50: 117 vs New Zealand, Mumbai on 15/11/2023
Leading up to the 2023 World Cup semifinal against New Zealand, Kohli had an ODI knockout record to be too proud of. He had scored nine against Pakistan in the 2011 semifinal, one against Australia in the 2015 semis and one against New Zealand in England in 2019.
On a day the nation was worried about India’s chances against their bogey team, Kohli ended his semi-final curse with a boom. With a century against the Kiwis, Kohli broke Tendulkar’s record of 49 ODI tons, becoming the first man to reach a half-century of hundreds in ODIs. Along the way, Kohli also pipped Tendulkar’s 20-year-old record of most runs scored in a single version of the World Cup.
