Virat Kohli breaks Sachin Tendulkar's record, scores 50th ODI century in World Cup semifinal

Virat Kohli smashed his 5th ODI World Cup hundred against New Zealand at the Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai. The 35-year-old has been in sublime form in this ODI World Cup and this is his third hundred in the current edition. He has now surpassed the legendary Sachin Tendulkar, recording his 50th ODI century in his illustrious career. He has now become the first batsman to score 50 centuries in ODI cricket.

Virat has been India's main source of runs and if the Men in Blue are to lift the ODI World Cup 2023 title for the third time the Indian batsman will have to continue his ominous form. This is also Virat's maiden century in the ODI World Cup knockouts. He scored two runs off Lockie Ferguson's bowling to bring up the century. He is now the highest run scorer of this ODI World Cup.

Virat Kohli's century has paved the way for the Men in Blue as they have now posted a whopping 397 runs on the board. Kohli scored his 72nd ODI half-century and eighth of the ongoing ODI World Cup to record the most 50-plus scores in a World Cup edition, surpassing Tendulkar and Bangladesh’s Shakib Al Hasan, who had scored seven fifties each in the 2003 and 2019 editions respectively.

Virat Kohli is also placed in the third spot in the list of most runs in ODIs. Tendulkar with 18,426 runs tops the list, followed by Kumar Sangakkara (14,234). Kohli bettered Ricky Ponting (13,704) to take the third spot.

(With PTI inputs)