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India Vs South Africa: 'Run Machine' Virat Kohli on a record-breaking spree with 35th ODI ton
Centurion, Feb 16: India skipper and batting mainstay Virat Kohli slammed his career's 35th ODI century and went on to become the first-ever player to aggregate 500 ODI runs in a bilateral series.
The 29-year-old swashbuckler, who has made it a habit of scoring tons whenever he comes out to bat, completed his third century in the series. The chase master remained unbeaten on 129 as he took his team to an emphatic 8-wicket win over Proteas.
This was his 19th ton in a successful run chase and led his team from the front as India created history by defeating South Africa 5-1 in the bilateral series.
The right-handed batsman completed his century in style by hitting a brilliant four down the ground. The run machine looked in a different zone altogether and was hardly troubled by their bowlers.
Coming out of chase the target of 205 runs, India lost the wicket of Rohit Sharma early. But Kohli's arrival at the crease only aggravated the trouble for the Proteas as runs started flowing quickly.
Kohli has surpassed the record that was previously held by his teammate Rohit Sharma, who scored 491 runs in the six-match series against Australia.
Here's a list of records Kohli has created in the sixth ODI:
Top scorers in a bilateral ODI series:
558 Virat Kohli (Vs South Africa, 2017-18)
491 Rohit Sharma (Vs Australia, 2013-14) - 6 ODIs
478 George Bailey (Vs India, 2013-14)
367 AB de Villiers (Vs Pakistan 2012-13)
358 AB de Villiers (Vs India 2015-16)
346 Kane Williamson (Vs Pakistan 2014-15)
35th ODI century in 200th innings
Virat Kohli, who's only behind Master Blaster Sachin Tendulkar in terms of centuries scored, took just innings 200 innings to 35th ODI hundred.
Tendulkar, who owns the record of most ODI tons (49), took 309 innings to touch this milestone.
He has also scored his 13th ton as a captain.
First Indian to slam 3 tons in a bilateral series
Kohli also became the first Indian batsman to smash three centuries in a bilateral series.
Sourav Ganguly and VVS Laxman have scored three centuries but not in a bilateral series.
Ganguly scored three centuries during the 2003 World Cup in South Africa, while Laxman slammed three tons during the 2004 VB Series in Australia.
Most ODI hundreds before the age of 30
35 VIRAT KOHLI
34 Sachin Tendulkar
19 Chris Gayle
18 Sourav Ganguly
16 AB de Villiers
Fastest to 17000 international runs
Kohli is now the fastest to complete 17000 runs in International cricket. Previous Fastest was Hashim Amla in 381 innings.
Kohli took 363 innings to complete the 17000-run milestone; Amla played the same number of innings to complete 16,000 International runs.
Story first published: Saturday, February 17, 2018, 1:47 [IST]
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