There is a discussion about Virat Kohli whether he will play in the 2027 ODI World Cup or not. He has already retired from Test and T20, now plays only in ODI format for India. But the form he has shown against South Africa has raised hopes that he can complete 100 centuries in international cricket and also break Sachin Tendulkar’s record. Amidst this discussion, veteran Sunil Gavaskar has also given his opinion, according to him, if this happens then Kohli can reach this figure.

Virat Kohli’s tour of Australia was not good, he got ‘duck out’ in 2 consecutive matches. Although he played an unbeaten half-century in the third ODI, he continued this excellent form in all three matches against South Africa. Kohli played a historic inning of 135 runs in Ranchi ODI.

Virat Kohli became the player to score most centuries in any one format, he broke the record of Sachin Tendulkar. Sachin has scored 51 centuries in Tests. By scoring a century in the second ODI played in Raipur, Kohli’s number of ODI centuries has increased to 53.

What did Sunil Gavaskar say on Sachin’s record?

Virat Kohli played an unbeaten inning of 65 runs in the third ODI, and if the target had been bigger then surely Kohli’s 54th ODI century would have been seen. If this happens, it would be Kohli’s 85th international century. Veteran Sunil Gavaskar believes that if Kohli gets enough time, he can break Sachin’s big record. He gave his opinion while talking on GeoCinema.

Sunil Gavaskar said ‘Why not?’ If Virat Kohli plays for 3 more years then he needs 16 more centuries from here. The way he is playing, he has scored 2 centuries in the 3-match series. Going forward, if he scores 2 centuries in the 3-match series against New Zealand, he will reach 86. Therefore his chances of reaching 100 are big, very good.

Most international centuries

1. Sachin Tendulkar (India) – 100
2. Virat Kohli (India)- 84*
3. Ricky Ponting (Australia)- 71
4. Kumar Sangakkara (Sri Lanka)- 63
5. Jacques Kallis (South Africa)- 62

Sunil Gavaskar also praised Virat Kohli’s inning of 65 runs in the third ODI against South Africa. He said that he started hitting with the very second ball, while did not play any careless shot.

Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli’s bat has roared in the first ODI match against South Africa. Virat has scored the 76th half-century of his career, on the other hand, Rohit Sharma has scored the 60th fifty of his ODI career. Rohit played an innings of 57 runs in this match. Apart from this, Rohit Sharma has also made the record of hitting most sixes in the history of ODI cricket. Now he has 352 sixes in his name.

Rohit Sharma opened with Yashasvi Jaiswal in the first ODI against South Africa. Jaiswal was out after scoring just 18 runs, but he took his innings forward along with Virat Kohli and completed his half-century in 43 balls. Rohit hit 5 fours and 3 sixes in his innings.

On the other hand, Virat Kohli came to bat at number-3, he completed his fifty in 48 balls. He completed his 76th half-century by hitting a powerful six. Rohit and Virat also made a huge partnership of 136 runs in this match. After losing the toss in this match being played in Ranchi, the Indian team was invited to bat first.

Highest fifty in ODI for India

The highest number of fifties in the history of ODI cricket for India is in the name of Sachin Tendulkar, who had scored 96 fifties in his career. At second place is Rahul Dravid, who scored 82 ODI half-centuries and Virat Kohli is at third place in this list with 76 half-centuries. MS Dhoni was fourth with 73 half-centuries and Sourav Ganguly, who was at number-5, scored 71 half-centuries. Now Rohit Sharma has come at number-6 in this list, who now has 60 ODI fifties in his name.

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IND vs SA 1st ODI: Rohit Sharma became the batsman to hit most sixes in ODI, broke Shahid Afridi’s record in Ranchi

Indian cricket superstar Virat Kohli is not only on the field, but also in terms of earnings. But now he has retired from Test cricket. In such a situation, the question is arising in the minds of the people that if Virat retires from the test, will their salary get any effect?

According to media reports, Virat is given 7 crore rupees from BCCI for a year. Apart from this, he is also given a match fee of Rs 15 lakh to play a Test match.

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