New Delhi. The 37th match of the World Cup 2023 is being played between India and South Africa at the Eden Garden Stadium in Kolkata. Today, India won the toss and decided to bat first and invited South Africa to bowl. Opener Rohit Sharma, who came to bat for India, was out after scoring 40 runs in 24 balls, while Shubman Gill returned to the pavilion after scoring 23 runs in 24 balls. Whereas, when Virat Kohli came out to bat, he set a new record on his birthday. Actually, Virat equaled Sachin Tendulkar by scoring his 49th century in ODI. Virat has achieved this feat on the occasion of his birthday. The special thing is that Virat considers Sachin as his idol. In such a situation, achieving this achievement by following the footsteps of his idol is very important for Virat from career point of view.
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How has Sachin’s career been?
Whereas, if we talk about Sachin’s career, he has played 463 matches. In all these matches, Sachin scored 18426 runs in 452 innings. His average was 44.83. Tendulkar scored 49 centuries and 96 half-centuries. On the other hand, Rohit’s name is taken after Tendulkar and Virat in terms of scoring most centuries in ODIs. Rohit has scored 31 hundreds in 259 matches. After this, the name of former Australian captain Ricky Ponting is taken. Let us tell you that Ponting has scored 30 centuries in 375 matches.
Kohli had missed the last two matches
Note, in the last two matches, Virat Kohli had failed to match Sachin by scoring this century. Note that Kohli was out on 88 runs against Sri Lanka, but while batting against South Africa at Eden Garden, Kohli showed his talent by setting this record. Virat has achieved this feat in 289 ODI matches. It is worth noting that Kohli scored his first century in the ODI match at the Eden Garden Stadium itself.