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“King For A Reason”: Relive Virat Kohli’s 72nd International Century In 60 Seconds. Watch

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Virat Kohli was back among runs in the third ODI against Bangladesh on Saturday as he smashed 113 off 91 to register his 72nd international century, which took him past Australia great Ricky Ponting as the player with the second-most hundreds across formats. Kohli hit 11 fours and two sixes, but his knock was overshadowed by Ishan Kishan‘s (210 off 131 balls) maiden double ton. Kohli’s 44th ODI century was special as it came after a gap of more than three years. He last scored an ODI ton in August 2019 against West Indies in Indore. Watch: Relive Virat Kohli’s century in 60 seconds: 𝐊𝐈𝐍𝐆 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐚 𝐑𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐨𝐧 Kohli’s 72nd International Century in 60 seconds #BANvIND @imVkohli #SonySportsNetwork #KingKohli pic.twitter.com/0lfg6z1CDE — Sony Sports Network (@SonySportsNetwk) December 10, 2022 Talking about the match, India posted a mammoth total of 409/8, on the back of a 290-run stand between Kohli and Kishan for the second wicket. India were 15/1 after Shikhar Dhawan (3) was dismissed by Mehidy Hasan Miraz, who won the player of the series award. …

Virat Kohli Surpasses Ricky Ponting With 72nd International Century: Here’s How The World Reacted

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Virat Kohli the first player to score 1,000 or more runs against Bangladesh in ODIs.© AFP Virat Kohli on Saturday surpassed Ricky Ponting in the list of batters with most international centuries, after scoring his 44th ODI ton in the third and final ODI against Bangladesh in Chattogram. He is now only behind batting great Sachin Tendulkar (100) in the list of batters with most international hundreds. Notably, this was Kohli’s first ODI century after more than three years. The 34-year-old also became the first player to score 1,000 or more runs against Bangladesh in ODIs. After Kohli scored his 72nd international ton, netizens took to Twitter to hail the star India batter. Here’s how Twitter reacted: A fabulous knock!A fabulous knock! The innings you played today deserves double the appreciation too @ishankishan51! Wonderful knock by @imVkohli as well. Many congratulations! pic.twitter.com/XX4PByDEj2 — Sachin Tendulkar (@sachin_rt) December 10, 2022 Congratulations to the incredible @ImVkohli on a fine century Keep up the great form Champion! #INDvsBAN#ViratKohli pic.twitter.com/KewN7Va5dV — Suresh Raina (@ImRaina) December 10, 2022 That was …

Virat Kohli Slams 72nd International Century In 3rd ODI vs Bangladesh, Surpasses Ricky Ponting To Reach 2nd Spot In Elite List

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Virat Kohli slammed his 72nd international century in 3rd ODI against Bangladesh Virat Kohli slammed a classy century in the 3rd ODI against Bangladesh at Chattogram on Saturday to surpass Ricky Ponting in the list of batters with most international centuries. This is Kohli’s 72nd century in international cricket and he is now placed second in the elite list behind Sachin Tendulkar. This is his 44th century in ODIs. Kohli is now just 5 centuries shy of equalling Sachin Tendulkar’s record (49) of most tons in the fifty-over format. This century is a special one for Kohli as it comes after a huge gap of more than three years. Kohli, who went through a severe dip in form earlier this year, came back to his own in the T20 format as he slammed his maiden T20I century in the Asia Cup and ended the ICC T20 World Cup as the highest run-getter. Kohli slammed 11 boundaries and 2 sixes on his way to reach his century on a day when opening batter Ishan Kishan slammed …