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The owner of 71 centuries

Kriralok Desk: After more than 1000 days of waiting, Kohli opened the fans’ relief. 71 centuries put Kohli next to Australian legend Ricky Ponting in the list of most centurions in international cricket. Now Sachin Tendulkar is the only owner of 100 centuries in front of him.

It took 522 innings to score 71 centuries across all formats. He scored so many centuries as the worst batsman in world cricket. Sachin (523) is also behind him.

Kohli made this feat by playing the least 522 innings. Sachin’s record of 543 innings left behind. Rahul Dravid is the only other Indian to reach here.

Kohli scored 6 centuries in T20. Joint highest by an Indian cricketer in this format. He is flanked by Rohit Sharma and Lokesh Rahul. It is also the joint highest for an Asian batsman, Pakistan captain Babar Azam also scored 6 centuries. However, Kohli is on the fourth place in world cricket, while Chris Gayle is on top of all with 22 centuries. As the number 4 Indian batsman, Kohli has seen centuries in all three formats. Rohit Sharma, Suresh Raina and Rahul have achieved feats before this. After Rohit, Rahul, Suryakumar Yadav and Deepak Hooda, Kohli became the sixth Indian batsman to score three-digit runs in T20 Internationals.

122 runs is now the highest T20 score by an Indian batsman. Kohli surpassed Rohit’s 118 runs against Sri Lanka. Also, this is the highest T20 score in any match at the Emirates. Kohli completed 3 thousand 500 international T20 runs. The 33-year-old star is the second batsman after Rohit to reach this milestone by playing the least number of 96 innings.

Kohli scored 1 thousand 42 runs in the Asia Cup. He is the top Indian batsman overtaking Rohit in this tournament. Overall, he ranks third behind the two Lankan greats Sanath Jayasuriya and Kumar Sangakkara.

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