Most Centuries vs New Zealand ODI: Virat Kohli has scored the 54th century of his ODI career. He achieved this feat in the third ODI match against New Zealand played in Indore. He completed his century in 91 balls, in which 8 fours and 2 sixes came from his bat. Virat has now become the batsman who has scored the most centuries against New Zealand in the history of ODI cricket. He has destroyed Ricky Ponting’s record.

Virat made a new world record

Virat Kohli has now become the cricketer who has scored the most centuries against New Zealand in ODI cricket history. This was his 7th century against the Kiwi team. Ricky Ponting and Virender Sehwag had scored 6-6 centuries against New Zealand in ODI matches, but Virat has now gone ahead.

• Virat Kohli – 7 centuries
• Ricky Ponting – 6 centuries
• Virender Sehwag – 6 centuries
• Sachin Tendulkar – 5 centuries
• Sanath Jayasuriya – 5 centuries

7 or more centuries against five countries

Virat Kohli has so far achieved the feat of scoring 7 or more centuries in ODIs against five countries. Till now he has scored 7 centuries against Sri Lanka, West Indies, Australia, South Africa and now New Zealand also. Sri Lanka is the only team against which Virat Kohli has touched the figure of 10 centuries.

• 10 centuries – against Sri Lanka
• 9 centuries – against West Indies
• 8 centuries – against Australia
• 7 centuries – against South Africa
• 7 centuries – against New Zealand

This is the 85th century of Virat Kohli’s international career, he is currently 15 centuries away from Sachin Tendulkar (100 centuries) in terms of scoring the most centuries. This was Virat’s 41st century innings on Indian soil. Let us tell you that Virat has already touched the figure of 28 thousand runs in international cricket.

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The organization of Vijay Hazare Trophy 2025-26 has started from Wednesday. On the first day, Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma scored record centuries while Odisha’s Swastik Samal scored a double century. Bihar scored 574 runs against Arunachal Pradesh, in which many records were made. For Bihar, 3 batsmen (Vaibhav Suryavanshi, Saqibul Ghani, Ayush Anand) scored centuries. See 10 big records made on the first day of the tournament.

1. Rohit Sharma’s special record

Mumbai player Rohit Sharma scored 155 runs against Sikkim. In this innings played in 94 balls, he hit 9 sixes and 18 fours. Rohit has become the second oldest player to score a century in Vijay Hazare Trophy. Rohit is currently 38 years 238 days old. In this matter, ahead of him is Anustup Majumdar of Bengal, who scored a century after the age of 39.

2. Virat Kohli made a record

Delhi batsman Virat Kohli played an inning of 131 runs in 101 balls against Andhra, although he made a big record by scoring only 1 run. He has become the fastest batsman to complete 16000 runs in men’s List A cricket. Kohli touched this figure in 330 innings, Sachin Tendulkar had completed 16000 runs in List A in 391 innings.

3. Swastika Samal created history

Today, Swastik Samal of Odisha played the biggest individual innings in Vijay Hazare Trophy, he scored a double century against Saurashtra. He scored 212 runs in 169 balls, becoming the first batsman to score a double century for Odisha in List A cricket. However, despite this historic innings, his team lost the match.

4. Second biggest win

Bihar registered a big win of 397 runs against Arunachal Pradesh. This is the second biggest win on the basis of runs in List A cricket. Tamil Nadu is at number one, they also won against Arunachal Pradesh in 2022-23 by a huge margin of 435 runs.

5. Saqibul Ghani’s fastest century

Bihar captain Saqibul Ghani completed his century in 32 balls, the fastest century by an Indian in men’s List A cricket. He broke the record of Anmolpreet Singh, who had scored a century in 35 balls against Arunachal Pradesh in 2024.

6. This happened for the first time in history

This is the first time in the history of Vijay Hazare Trophy, when 3 batsmen have scored centuries in an innings. Vaibhav Suryavanshi, captain Saqibul Ghani and Ayush Anand scored centuries for Bihar team. All three had completed their respective centuries in less than 50 balls, this is also a record.

7. The greatest innings

Bihar cricket team scored 574 runs against Arunachal Pradesh, this is the highest score in men’s List A cricket. Apart from this, more than 500 runs have been scored only once, in 2022-23 Tamil Nadu had scored 506 runs.

8. Vaibhav Suryavanshi made a record

Vaibhav Suryavanshi missed his double century, he scored 190 runs in just 84 balls. Vaibhav had completed 150 runs in 59 balls, he has become the batsman to score 150 runs in the fewest balls in List A cricket.

9. Bengal’s biggest victory

Batting first, Vidarbha had scored 382 runs. Chasing this big target, Shahbaz Ahmed (71), Abhimanyu Easwaran (71), Sudeep Kumar (68) played good innings and played an important role in the team’s victory. Chasing the target of 383, Bengal won by 3 wickets, this is Bengal’s most successful run chase in ODI cricket.

10. Most ‘sixes’ in an innings

A total of 38 sixes were hit in Bihar cricket team’s innings of 574 runs, which is the highest number of sixes in an innings in the history of Vijay Hazare Trophy. Vaibhav Suryavanshi hit 15 sixes, Saqibul Ghani hit 12 sixes.

This time many superstar players are playing in India’s domestic ODI tournament i.e. Vijay Hazare Trophy. This domestic tournament will start from Wednesday itself. Veteran batsman Virat Kohli is a part of the Delhi team in this tournament. Rohit Sharma, famous as Hitman, is playing for Mumbai. Virat Kohli played for Delhi and scored a century in 83 balls. While chasing the target of 299 runs against Andhra, the chase master completed his century with the help of 9 fours and 3 sixes. While chasing the target of 237 runs for Mumbai against Sikkim, Rohit Sharma scored a century in 71 balls. Rohit played a brilliant inning of 155 runs in just 94 balls. 18 fours and 9 sixes came from the hitman’s bat.

Till the time of writing the news, Virat Kohli is unbeaten on 107 runs in 85 balls. So far he has hit 11 fours and 3 sixes. Right now Virat’s team Delhi needs 79 runs to win. Whereas Rohit Sharma’s team has won the match. Rohit was caught out after scoring 155 runs. Rohit had scored a century in just 61 balls. Rohit Sharma hit 8 sixes and 9 fours in his century innings. A huge crowd gathered to watch Rohit Sharma in the Mumbai vs Sikkim match being played in Jaipur.

Virat Kohli completed 16 thousand runs

After scoring just one run for Delhi, Virat Kohli has completed 16 thousand runs in List A cricket. Before this match, Virat had 15999 runs in 342 List A matches. Virat has now become the second Indian after Sachin Tendulkar to touch the figure of 16 thousand runs in List A matches. He has become the 9th batsman in the world to make this record. Former England legend Graham Gooch holds the record for scoring the most runs in List A cricket. Gooch has more than 22 thousand runs in his name. Let us tell you that the runs of domestic 50 over matches and One Day International are included in List A matches.

Virat Kohli’s fans often enter the cricket ground by dodging the security. This happened in the first ODI match between India and South Africa in Ranchi. Now a similar incident was seen in the second ODI match played in Raipur. During the drinks break during the Indian innings, a fan dodged the security and entered the field, but the security personnel caught hold of him and dragged him out of the field.

This video is going viral on social media, in which security personnel are dragging Virat Kohli’s fan out of the field. When the security personnel lifted the person who had entered the field on their shoulders, the sound of some people laughing loudly was heard in the video. The spectators who came to the field also enjoyed this incident a lot.

Earlier in Ranchi also, a fan had entered the ground by dodging the security personnel. That fan was lying down at the feet of Virat Kohli, whose pictures had gone viral on social media.

A fan breached the security at Raipur to meet Virat Kohli and see how security took him out pic.twitter.com/zj75rfyJYt

— Virat Kohli Fan Club (@Trend_VKohli) December 3, 2025

Virat Kohli scored 53rd century

Virat Kohli has so far scored centuries in both the ODI matches against South Africa. In Raipur, he scored the 53rd century of his ODI career and 84th century of his international career by playing an inning of 102 runs. On the basis of this century, he has created many historical records.

Batting at number 3, he has now scored 46 ODI centuries, which is the highest. This was also the 15th time that Virat Kohli has scored 50 or more runs in an innings against South Africa in ODI cricket. This is also a world record.

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Virat Kohli has scored the 53rd century of his ODI career. He achieved this feat in the second ODI match against South Africa. On this historic innings of Virat, his wife Anushka Sharma (Anushka Sharma Reaction Virat Kohli Century) has given a loving reaction.

Anushka Sharma shared the picture of Virat Kohli’s century celebration on her Instagram story, on which she expressed happiness by putting a heart emoji. Let us tell you that this is Virat’s 7th century against South Africa in the history of ODI cricket, which is a record in itself.

INSTAGRAM STORY OF ANUSHKA SHARMA FOR KING KOHLI #ViratKohli #anushkasharma #RaipurODI pic.twitter.com/7nicp5wVpy

— sagarbhuva (@sagarbhuva977) December 3, 2025

Ruturaj Gaikwad completed his century in 77 balls in the second ODI against South Africa. This is the first ODI century of his career. He made a partnership of 195 runs with Virat Kohli for the third wicket. Gaikwad was out on the ball of Yansen after scoring 105 runs.

When Rituraj Gaikwad came, India had lost 2 wickets at the score of 62, Rohit Sharma and Yashasvi Jaiswal were out and returned to the pavilion. It was expected that now the pace of runs would slow down, but Kohli and Gaikwad did not let this happen. Both of them moved the innings forward with caution and also hit the loose balls hard.

Rituraj Gaikwad created history

Rituraj Gaikwad has become the second fastest batsman to score a century in India vs South Africa ODI. He completed his century in 77 balls. In this matter, only Yusuf Pathan is ahead of him, who completed his century in 68 balls in 2011. This was Rituraj Gaikwad’s 8th ODI International, before this he had scored 50 plus score once.

Virat Kohli scored his second consecutive century

After Ranchi, Virat Kohli also scored a century in Raipur, he scored 102 runs in 93 balls. In this he hit 2 sixes and 7 fours. This is Kohli’s 84th international and 53rd ODI century.

This is Virat Kohli’s 7th ODI century against South Africa. He has become the batsman to score the most centuries in India vs South Africa ODI, leaving behind Quinton de Kock (6 centuries).

India’s playing 11

Yashasvi Jaiswal, Rohit Sharma, Virat Kohli, Ruturaj Gaikwad, Washington Sundar, KL Rahul (captain, wicketkeeper), Ravindra Jadeja, Harshit Rana, Kuldeep Yadav, Arshdeep Singh, Prasidh Krishna.

South Africa’s playing 11

Aiden Markram, Quinton de Kock (wk), Temba Bavuma (c), Mathieu Bretzke, Tony De Zorzi, Dewald Brevis, Marco Jansen, Corbin Bosch, Keshav Maharaj, Nandre Berger, Lungi Ngidi.

Virat Kohli has scored the 53rd century of his ODI career. He achieved this feat in the second ODI match against South Africa played in Raipur. This is also the 84th century of Virat’s international career. He completed his century in 99 balls in the second ODI. Kohli has scored 50 or more runs for the third consecutive match, while this is the second consecutive match where he has scored a century with his bat.

Virat Kohli is the first cricketer in the world to have scored consecutive centuries in two innings 11 times in ODI cricket. After Virat, in the list of scoring centuries in consecutive ODI innings, the name of AB de Villiers comes, who did this 6 times.

This former captain of the Indian team has been giving sleepless nights to the South African team in the last three innings. He has scored centuries in all his last three ODI innings against South Africa. Earlier, he had scored unbeaten 101 runs against Africa in the 2023 ODI World Cup. He has scored centuries in both the innings of the current series.

Before him in the same match, Rituraj Gaikwad scored the first century of his ODI career. This is Virat Kohli’s 7th century against South Africa, which is the highest in ODI cricket history.

Virat Kohli has scored 1741 runs in 31 innings against South Africa in ODI cricket. During this period, he has scored only 7 centuries and 7 half-centuries in the matches with the African team. Virat is also the batsman who has scored the most ODI runs against South Africa. Second in this list is David Warner, who scored 1255 runs in ODI against South Africa.

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India vs South Africa first ODI match was played on 30 November in Ranchi. In this match, the Indian team scored a huge score of 349 runs in the first innings, but Virat Kohli’s 52nd ODI century was discussed more than this big score. He also broke many historical records while playing an inning of 135 runs. BCCI Vice President Rajeev Shukla and many other cricketing personalities have become admirers of Virat’s innings. Virat Kohli scored 135 runs playing 120 balls. In this innings he hit 11 fours and 7 sixes.

Rajeev Shukla praised

BCCI Vice President Rajiv Shukla praised Virat Kohli and said, “The 83rd century shows Virat Kohli’s passion and discipline towards the game, which is continuously creating new records. His journey is an inspiration for every young cricketer. A wonderful innings.”

Former Indian cricketer Shikhar Dhawan also praised Virat’s hunger for runs. He said, “Another special day for Virat Kohli. 52nd century, still setting new standards of consistency and hunger for runs. Excellent innings.”

On the other hand, South Africa’s legendary fast bowler said sarcastically that this batsman can bat a little. Former Indian fast bowler Irfan Pathan said that Virat Kohli’s celebration after scoring a century shows what importance this innings holds for him. Robin Uthappa and Yuzvendra Chahal have also reacted to Virat’s excellent innings.

Virat Kohli’s 83rd century is a testament to his passion and discipline, which continues to set new benchmarks. His remarkable journey remains an inspiration for every young cricketer. A fabulous knock @imVkohli @BCCI pic.twitter.com/B33jitvK5H

— Rajeev Shukla (@ShuklaRajiv) November 30, 2025

Another special day for @imVkohli 52nd ODI hundred and still setting the standard for consistency and hunger. Brilliant innings. pic.twitter.com/IXrCyjkcyg

— Shikhar Dhawan (@SDhawan25) November 30, 2025

This guy can bat a little

— Dale Steyn (@DaleSteyn62) November 30, 2025

Celebration of Virat Kohli showed what this meant for him

— Irfan Pathan (@IrfanPathan) November 30, 2025

Bus mujhse 52 century’s jayda waiting when @imVkohli bhaiya aap 100 century’s jayda honge mujhse #INDVSSAODI https://t.co/osWQrTfJ2R

— Yuzvendra Chahal (@yuzi_chahal) November 30, 2025

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Virat Kohli played a historic inning of 135 runs against South Africa in Ranchi, with the help of which Team India, batting first, was able to score a huge score of 349 runs. When he was out, the entire stadium stood up and applauded. The players of the opposing team appreciated. Head coach Gautam Gambhir stood up and clapped for him and even hugged him when he came. Know which 5 big records were made by Kohli in this innings.

1. Most centuries in one format of international cricket

Virat Kohli has become the batsman to score the most centuries in any one format of international cricket. He broke the record of Sachin Tendulkar. Sachin has scored 51 centuries in Test cricket. No one had more centuries in any format (T20, Test and ODI), but now Virat Kohli has come forward. He has completed 52 centuries in ODI cricket.

2. Most centuries at an Indian venue

Virat Kohli has now become the batsman to score the most centuries at an Indian venue. Virat has scored 3 centuries in 5 innings at the Jharkhand Cricket Association Stadium in Ranchi. Virat has also scored 3-3 centuries in Visakhapatnam and Pune.

3. Most centuries against South Africa

Virat Kohli has become the batsman who has scored the most ODI centuries against South Africa. This was Kohli’s sixth ODI century against South Africa in Ranchi.

A leap of joy

A thoroughly entertaining innings from Virat Kohli

Updates https://t.co/MdXtGgRkPo#TeamIndia , #INDvSA , @IDFCFIRSTBank , @imVkohli pic.twitter.com/llLByyGHe5

— BCCI (@BCCI) November 30, 2025

4. Virat Kohli became the player to score the highest score of 50+ at home.

Virat Kohli broke another big record of Sachin Tendulkar in this innings of 135 runs, he has become the batsman to play the most innings of more than 50 runs in ODI format in India. Earlier this record was in the name of Sachin Tendulkar, who did this 58 times. Kohli has scored 50 plus 59 times in ODIs at home.

Gautam Gambhir hugging and congratulating Virat Kohli. pic.twitter.com/X9RlvOD546

— Mufaddal Vohra (@mufaddal_vohra) November 30, 2025

5. Most international sixes at number 3

Virat Kohli has become the batsman who has hit the most number of international sixes at number-3 position. He broke the record of Ricky Ponting, who had hit 217 sixes in 540 innings. Virat Kohli has hit 218 sixes in 327 innings played at number three.

Virat Kohli did wonders in the first ODI against South Africa. In Ranchi, Virat played a record innings of 135 runs in 120 balls. During this, 11 fours and 7 sixes came from King Kohli’s bat. Virat scored the 7000th century in the history of men’s ODI cricket. Along with this, King Kohli also broke a big record of Sachin Tendulkar.

Virat completed his century against South Africa in 102 balls. King Kohli hit 7 fours and 5 sixes to complete his century. This is Virat’s 83rd century in international cricket. Virat showed a strong performance and crossed the 100-run mark for the 52nd time in his ODI career.

Most centuries at an Indian venue, Sachin’s record broken

Virat Kohli has now become the batsman who has scored the most centuries at an Indian venue. He has broken Sachin Tendulkar’s record in this matter. Virat has scored 3 centuries in five innings in Ranchi. Sachin had three centuries in seven innings in Vadodara. Virat has scored three centuries in Visakhapatnam also, but he has done this feat in seven innings. King Kohli has scored three centuries in eight innings in Pune.

King Kohli hit 7 sixes in ODI match for the second time

King Kohli hit seven sixes against South Africa in Ranchi. For the second time in ODI cricket, Virat has hit 7 sixes in a match. Earlier, King Kohli had hit seven sixes against Australia in Jaipur in 2013. Then Virat had scored unbeaten 100 runs in 52 balls.

India gave a target of 350 runs to South Africa

India has scored 349 runs while playing first. In this ODI match being played in Ranchi, apart from Virat Kohli (135 runs), Rohit Sharma and KL Rahul also played half-centuries. Rahul is captaining the Indian team in this series. Rohit scored 57 runs in 51 balls and Rahul scored 60 runs in 56 balls. In the end Ravindra Jadeja scored a quick 32 runs in 20 balls.