{"id":1097,"date":"2025-12-02T05:02:55","date_gmt":"2025-12-02T05:02:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lightblue-donkey-209880.hostingersite.com\/blogs\/?p=1097"},"modified":"2025-12-02T05:02:55","modified_gmt":"2025-12-02T05:02:55","slug":"virat-kohlis-journey-to-52-odi-centuries","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cricketlineguru.net\/blogs\/virat-kohlis-journey-to-52-odi-centuries\/","title":{"rendered":"Virat Kohli’s journey to 52 ODI centuries: From chasing Sachin Tendulkar to owning the all time 100s record"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

By cricketlineguru<\/strong><\/a><\/small><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Updated on: Dec 2, 2025 10:38 am IST<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Virat Kohli scored his 52nd ODI Hundred, going past Tendulkar’s 51 in Test cricket to have the most centuries in one international format.<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Virat Kohli walked off the Ranchi field with the bat raised, the helmet tucked under his arm, and a number that almost doesn\u2019t look real anymore – 52 ODI Hundreds. The latest was a sculpted 135 off 120 balls in his 306th ODI, an innings that turned a tricky first ODI against South Africa into another familiar tale of India leaning on their number three.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Virat Kohli celebrates his century during the first ODI cricket match of a series between India and South Africa.(PTI)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

With this,\u00a0Virat Kohli<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0moves to 14,390 runs in 294 innings, and he isn\u2019t just extending a record – he\u2019s stretching it into another postcode. No one else has even touched 50 in this format. He is now three clear of Sachin Tendulkar\u2019s 49, and also ahead of Tendulkar\u2019s 51 in Tests for most Hundreds by any batter in a single international format.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A single-format record that now belongs only to him<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Kohli\u2019s 52nd ODI hundred does two things at once.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

One, it further distances him from the pace in ODI centuries.\u00a0Sachin Tendulkar\u00a0(49), Rohit Sharma (33), and the rest are now chasing a man who continues to score Hundreds even in the \u201cback nine\u201d of his career.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Virat Kohli’s innings per century compared with other great batters.(HT)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Form chase master to two-gear run machine<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

In his early and mid-career, Kohli\u2019s ODI legend was built on chases. The template was simple: target on the board, Kohli at number three, tempo under control, finish line crossed on most occasions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Virat Kohli’s centuries over the years.(HT)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

The newer phase of his career has subtly changed the story. A lot of these tons have come batting first, where he is not just stabilising but also accelerating, often batting deep into the 40th over and beyond. The Ranchi 135 (120) fits right into that pattern: start in the first gear, soak up the new ball, hit cruise control in the middle overs and then flip the switch once he is set.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Also Read:\u00a0Virat Kohli\u2019s death stare after Gautam Gambhir\u2019s subdued celebration of Rohit Sharma\u2019s fifty gets the internet riled up<\/a><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

The second peak after drought<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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Record’s of Virat Kohli with the hundred vs SA.(HT)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

There was a time, not very long ago, when the running joke was that Kohli\u2019s hundred had dried up. Between mid-2019 and late 2022 he went through a long spell without a ton, and everything from age to IPL fatigue to technical decline was blamed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Look at the record sheet from there to today and you see something else: a second peak. Since, breaking that drought, he has stacked up World Cup hundreds, piled runs at home again, and now another century against a strong attack. This 52nd hundred comes in the late-career, high-pressure, expectation-max phase – and his average and strike rate are still elite.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

For India, that\u2019s huge beyond the romance of numbers. With\u00a0Rohit Sharma\u00a0slowly moving towards the back end of his career and middle order still in flux, Kohli\u2019s consistency at number three is the stabilising line in every long-term World Cup plan. He is no now the scaffolding wound which India should build their batting identity in the marquee tournament.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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