Virat Kohli stood out along with his 73rd worldwide century as India defeated Sri Lanka within the first ODI in Guwahati on Tuesday. Kohli, who survived two dropped catches on 52 and 81, hammered 113 off 87 balls to drive India to 373-7 after they have been invited to bat first. It was Kohli’s 45the century in ODI cricket, and is now solely 4 such knocks away from equalling Sachin Tendulkar‘s file of 49 ODI tons. After his match-winning knock, Kohli has been on the receiving finish of some large reward from the cricketing fraternity.

Now, former Pakistan wicketkeeper-batter Kamran Akmal has hailed Kohli, saying that gamers these days cannot even consider scoring 45 tons throughout codecs, not to mention in a single format.

“Nowadays, players can’t even imagine of scoring of 45 centuries across formats, but Virat Kohli has scored as many in a single format. He has scored 73 international tons so far. He definitely got chances, but he made the most of those chances. ,”Akmal said in a video uploaded on his YouTube channel.

Akmal then went on to clarify why Kohli is such an necessary participant for India, particularly in world and continental tournaments.

“He had scored a century on this venue two-three years back and now he has rediscovered his form by scoring another hundred. He performed in the World Cup and the Asia Cup. The runs haven’t dried up, which tells how important a player he is for India,” added Akmal.

Kohli has now hit two successive ODI a whole lot since popping out of an prolonged lean patch final yr when he spoke about his psychological struggles through the section.

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