Virat Kohli 50 ODI Centuries!
This is the kind of headline he always envisioned over the last 6-8 years but finally the day has arrived. Finally, the moment has come where the ‘King’ Virat Kohli has gone on to overtake his childhood idol, Sachin Tendulkar, who for over a decade held the record for the most ODI centuries – 49. Today, Kohli 50 centuries in ODI has been achieved. The dream has now become a reality.
We knew that social media would erupt when he eventually got to his 50th ODI century and it came batting first in Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai, where the CWC 2023 Semi Final 1 was scheduled. He hasn’t had a great ODI record in ICC knockout games but today, he middled almost everything right from the start against New Zealand, and went on to reach that milestone moment of 50 centuries!
Twitter (X) reacts to Kohli 50 ODI centuries!
Sachin overall centuries at the time of his retirement was 100 international centuries which is a record, and Sachin’s 49 ODI centuries is another record which no one thought would be surpassed. Kohli scored his 49th ODI century to equal Sachin in the group stage of the CWC 2023, and then went on to reach a new high in the all-important Semi Final 1 in Mumbai. What a time to notch up yet another record!
Virat Kohli bowling down to Sachin Tendulkar. pic.twitter.com/ThiOjopH67
— Mufaddal Vohra (@mufaddal_vohra) November 15, 2023
Number 50 🤯 – Where no other batter has gone before! 🐐
The first cricketer to bring up fifty tons in ODIs ❤️🔥#PlayBold #INDvNZ #CWC23 #TeamIndia #ViratKohli #KingKohli @imVkohli pic.twitter.com/hMPd3SOgr7
— Royal Challengers Bangalore (@RCBTweets) November 15, 2023
Twitter (now called X) has been hyping up Kohli’s 50 ODI centuries for a few weeks now and they finally got to witness this moment. The cricketing world and many other celebrities present at Wankhede today stood up to applaud what has been an outstanding career, and in particular, an outstanding moment today. Kohli, playing in his fourth ICC World Cup, is untouchable in the ODI format right now!
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Can Virat Kohl score 100 centuries?
Everyone has been asking this question for years now but after Kohli got back to form towards the end of 2022, this is now a reality once again. He’s started scoring centuries for fun once again and in the World Cup 2023 as well, this was his third century, which also took him way past everyone else on the CWC 2023 top run scorer’s list, making a big gap between him and Quinton de Kock and Rachin Ravindra.
Sachin Tendulkar Appreciating Virat kohli for his Record Breaking 50th ODI Century#INDvsNZ pic.twitter.com/ixAfpDSPch
— Pandu Raj (@CSKianPanduRaj) November 15, 2023
That celebration made my day no no made my month no absolutely no made my years together of watching cricket😭😭@imVkohli The heartbeat of Indian Cricket!#INDvsNZ #ViratKohli𓃵
— Sai Kiran (@saikirantweetz) November 15, 2023
Sachin Tendulkar scored 673 runs in CWC 2003 and that was the most runs in a single edition of the ICC World Cup, another record which Kohli broke on the way to his century here. His knock today in Semi Final 1 means he became the first person in the history of the competition to notch up 700 runs in a single edition.
#ViratKohli𓃵 #ViratKholi ❤️♥️📿🧿🙏
50th Century record no.1 Batsman #ViratKholi 🇮🇳🇮🇳💞🙇🙇,World cup 2023 pic.twitter.com/ptjK7bP9Js— Tarun Tarun (@TarunTarun60463) November 15, 2023
FRAME IT, GOAT KOHLI. pic.twitter.com/1FzMNUel6M
— Johns. (@CricCrazyJohns) November 15, 2023
Another selfish 100 @MHafeez22 😜😜😜😜
— Michael Vaughan (@MichaelVaughan) November 15, 2023
While the last few Kohli international centuries saw mellow celebrations, he jumped to the sky and celebrated like he deserves to, while the entire stadium stood up to clap for him. Anushka was nearly in tears as Kohli went down on his knees and soaked in the moment. He then bowed to his idol, Sachin Tendulkar, the latter also evidently happy that his record had be broken by someone like Kohli.
Sachin Tendulkar on Virat Kohli 50 centuries
“The first time I met you in the Indian dressing room, you were pranked by other teammates into touching my feet. I couldn’t stop laughing that day. But soon, you touched my heart with your passion and skill. I am so happy that that young boy has grown into a ‘Virat’ player. I couldn’t be happier that an Indian broke my record. And to do it on the biggest stage – in the World Cup Semi-final – and at my home ground is the icing on the cake. #INDvsNZ” said Sachin on Virat breaking his ODI record.
The first time I met you in the Indian dressing room, you were pranked by other teammates into touching my feet. I couldn’t stop laughing that day. But soon, you touched my heart with your passion and skill. I am so happy that that young boy has grown into a ‘Virat’ player.
— Sachin Tendulkar (@sachin_rt) November 15, 2023
Stuff of dreams. 50 ODI 100’s is a phenomenal achievement by #ViratKohli . It has involved incredible hardwork, hunger, persevarance and intensisty. Don’t see this record ever beung broken, but i do see Virat scoring many more 100’s. What a player and what a massive ocassion. pic.twitter.com/KiD3HRDwCe
— Virender Sehwag (@virendersehwag) November 15, 2023
He was ultimately dismissed for 117(113) and he acknowledged the crowd s he walked back to the pavillion at the Wankhede Stadium. A living legend, in every sense of the word. Eventually, Mohammed Shami picked up a career best and India’s ODI World Cup best figures of 7/57, and India wrapped up the game, winning by 70 runs and sealing their fourth ICC World Cup final ever.
Anushka Sharma’s Instagram story for Virat Kohli. pic.twitter.com/bvevCNau7K
— Mufaddal Vohra (@mufaddal_vohra) November 15, 2023
What a sense of occasion, what a knock! Another special hundred from a man who has made a habit of it at the World Cup. Virat Kohli is now in a league of one, going past the great Sachin Tendulkar’s record of 49 ODI tons. To do it in the World Cup semis is extra special. Take a… pic.twitter.com/y2MAlfdC6J
— VVS Laxman (@VVSLaxman281) November 15, 2023
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