The barren run of centuries for Virat Kohli has finally come to an end as the Indian skipper scored his 40th century in ODIs on Tuesday in the second game of the five-match ODI series against Australia, when he smashed 116 off 120 balls.
Kohli, who failed to register a score over 50 in his last five innings, scored a fighting century against the Aussies at the Vidarbha Cricket Association Stadium in Nagpur on Tuesday.
He reached the three-figure mark in the 44th over of the match with a boundary off Nathan Coulter-Nile. But, the 30-year-old couldn’t carry on till the end of the innings and finally fell for 116 in the 48th over to Pat Cummins while trying to score some quick runs for his side.
This is Kohli’s 7th century against Australia in ODIs and 14th overall across all the formats.
Here’s how Twitter reacted:
💯 @imVkohli 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
— Michael Clarke (@MClarke23) March 5, 2019
Top innings. Another day at work. Century for Virat Kohli. 40 in 224 innings is an unreal stat.
— Harsha Bhogle (@bhogleharsha) March 5, 2019
शतक के सम्राट हैं
वीर है, विराट है।
40th ODI Ton. Ton Machine. #Kohli #IndvAus— Aakash Chopra (@cricketaakash) March 5, 2019
This is @imVkohli at his finest, getting runs amidst the ruins! In slightly challenging conditions, he's just backed himself and let go of the ego of a great batsman. Even in cruise mode he's delivered a potentially match-winning Century #Virat40th100 #IndvsAus
— Vikrant Gupta (@vikrantgupta73) March 5, 2019
Virat Kohli becomes the first human to score 40 hundreds in ODI cricket 🙌🙌
He now chases the Superman from India 🇮🇳😉#CricketMeriJaan #INDvAUS
— Mumbai Indians (@mipaltan) March 5, 2019
And that's century number 40 for the run-machine 💯
Incredible innings from @imVkohli who has held this #TeamIndia innings together! What a player! #LivePunjabiPlayPunjabi #INDvAUS
— Punjab Kings (@PunjabKingsIPL) March 5, 2019
The Run Machine, Virat Kohli brings up his 40th ODI Century 👏👏
LIVE SCORECARD: https://t.co/jObnITee8a#INDvAUS #2ndODI #AUSvIND #Cricket #TheCricketTimes pic.twitter.com/MVjcDzIA95— CricketTimes.com (@CricketTimesHQ) March 5, 2019
Congratulations champion on the 40th ton, consistency, class and completeness! What a player💯 @imVkohli
— R P Singh रुद्र प्रताप सिंह (@rpsingh) March 5, 2019
Number 40 for the King, what a champion.
A great innings on this surface by Kohli. #IndvAus pic.twitter.com/GPH9o4uuA0— Mohammad Kaif (@MohammadKaif) March 5, 2019
ODI 100s by @imVkohli:
8⃣ v Sri Lanka
7⃣ v Australia
7⃣ v West Indies
5⃣ v New Zealand
4⃣ v South Africa
3⃣ v Bangladesh
3⃣ v England
2⃣ v Pakistan
1⃣ v Zimbabwe— ICC Cricket World Cup (@cricketworldcup) March 5, 2019
I mean he is only 9 ODI tons away from Sachin. ONLY EFFING NINE!
Take a bow, tie, suit everything – @imVkohli
— Nikhil 🏏 (@CricCrazyNIKS) March 5, 2019
Kohli's century:
40th in ODIs
65th in International cricket
18th as captain in ODIs
36th as captain in International#IndvAus— Bharath Seervi (@SeerviBharath) March 5, 2019
This is Virat Kohli's first century against Australia at home in 18 International innings. Last home ton against the Aussies came in 2013 also at the VCA Stadium in Nagpur. #INDvAUS
— Sampath Bandarupalli (@SampathStats) March 5, 2019
Most centuries in Asia in international cricket:
71 – Sachin Tendulkar
45 – Kumar Sangakkara
40 – VIRAT KOHLI*
39 – Mahela Jayawardene
33 – Younis Khan #INDvAUS— Umang Pabari (@UPStatsman) March 5, 2019
ODI century No.40 for Virat Kohli 👏👏👏 #INDvAUS pic.twitter.com/hOnuAThwJ4
— cricket.com.au (@cricketcomau) March 5, 2019
You had a feeling that the 50th ODI fifty wouldn’t last long! Kudos to @imVkohli for his 40th hundred. Not the easiest surface hence more credit #INDvAUS
— Gautam Bhimani (@gbhimani) March 5, 2019
It's a tricky surface to bat on but #TeamIndia put 250 runs on the board courtesy Virat Kohli's 4⃣0⃣th ODI hundred!🏏
PC – @BCCI#INDvAUS #KorboLorboJeetbo 💜 pic.twitter.com/5vzMGAP3vo— KolkataKnightRiders (@KKRiders) March 5, 2019
Virat Kohli achieved the milestone in his 159th innings.
LIVE SCORECARD: https://t.co/jObnITee8a#INDvAUS #2ndODI #AUSvIND #Cricket #TheCricketTimes pic.twitter.com/dXEOFgULbe— CricketTimes.com (@CricketTimesHQ) March 5, 2019
