By Admin 
Virat Kohli impressed with the bat in the ODI series against South Africa, in which he scored 2 centuries and one fifty. Talking about the last four innings, Kohli has scored 376 runs. Meanwhile, in the second ODI against South Africa in Raipur, he played an inning of 102 runs, which was the 84th century inning of his international career.
Sachin Tendulkar is at the forefront of scoring most centuries in international cricket. He is the first batsman in the world to score 100 centuries. Virat currently has 84 centuries, and to match Tendulkar he will have to score 16 more centuries. But the problem here is that if Virat, who is 37 years old, plays till the 2027 World Cup, then how many matches are left for him to reach the figure of 100 centuries.
How many matches are left for Team India?
The Indian team has to play 18 more ODI matches before the 2027 World Cup. There is no ODI match left for Team India in this year (2025), hence Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma will now be seen in the jersey of Team India in 2026 only. This means that before the 2027 ODI World Cup, Virat Kohli has 18 matches left to touch the figure of 100 centuries. It seems almost impossible to score 16 centuries in these 18 matches.
Although the schedule of 2027 World Cup has not been released yet, but looking at the estimated World Cup format, if the Indian team plays 10 matches in the World Cup, then Virat may get 28 innings to score the next 16 centuries. The number of innings may increase or decrease according to the World Cup schedule. Overall, it seems very difficult for Virat to reach 100 centuries.
There are 18 matches left before the World Cup, even if Virat is able to perform exceptionally well and score a century in every other match, he will still be able to reach 93 centuries.
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