‘King surpassed God’ – Fans react as Virat Kohli becomes the only batter to score 50 centuries in ODI Cricket

India’s legendary batsman former captain Virat Kohli recently made history as he became the only batter to score 50 ODI centuries as he surpassed the previous record holder and his idol Sachin Tendulkar who scored 49 ODI centuries throughout his career in international cricket. Virat Kohli achieved this milestone in the crucial game of the first semi-final of the ODI World Cup 2023 against New Zealand.

India defeated New Zealand by 70 runs in the first semi-final of the ODI World Cup 2023 to qualify for the final games after 12 years. Kohli played a stellar innings as he scored 117 runs off 113 balls with a strike rate of 103.54 after hitting nine fours and two sixes. Virat Kohli bowed down to his idol, Sachin Tendulkar after breaking his record.

Virat Kohli on shattering Sachin Tendulkar’s record in front of him at the Wankhede

In the innings break, Virat Kohli talked about his feelings after achieving this new milestone, he said, “I said it in Kolkata, it feels great for me honestly,” Virat Kohli said to the host broadcaster. “It feels too good to be true, like the stuff of dreams. I never thought it would be like this in my career. Just glad everything came together so nicely and we put a great total on the board.”

“As I said stuff of dreams. Anushka was sitting right there, Sachin paaji was here too. Difficult to explain this. If I could paint a perfect picture I would want this to be the picture. My life partner, the person I love the most is sitting there, my hero is sitting there and I was able to get the 50th (ODI hundred) in front of all of them and all these stands in Wankhede as well, such a history venue so it was amazing,” he added.

“The most important thing for me is to make my team win. Whatever needs to be done to do that, I’ll do it. I have to play a role and dig deep so the other batters can play their role around me. That’s the only key to consistency, playing for your team at all times,” said Virat.

Look how the fans reacted –

More records to break

— Muhammad Anas Chaudhary (@MuhammadAnasCh3) November 15, 2023

He is the greatest player ever

— Saifi Sonu (@isaifisonu) November 15, 2023

https://twitter.com/akk_vk18/status/1724754725994971606?s=46

https://twitter.com/aarushijoshii/status/1724756140649853370?s=46

https://twitter.com/virat_facts/status/1724754237131997527?s=46

https://twitter.com/cricpollsdaily/status/1724754433639403636?s=46

https://twitter.com/_there4you/status/1724753840275337382?s=46

50 hundreds in 279 innings so that’s a century in literally every 5+ innings and he was out of form for 3 years. There really shouldn’t be any comparison with Kohli in ODIs. He owns this format.

— Prantik (@Pran__07) November 15, 2023