Virat Kohli celebrates his century through the ICC Men’s Cricket World Cup match between India and Bangladesh in Pune, on Oct. 19, 2023.
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Virat Kohli’s final World Cup hundred had are available in 2015 towards Pakistan at Adelaide and he was decided to make it rely towards Bangladesh on October 19.
Thousands of followers watched with bated breath as Kohli accomplished his forty eighth ODI century. Okay.L. Rahul helped his iconic teammate get to the three-figure mark by refusing singles and letting Kohli rating the 25-odd runs to full his century.
Kohli, who with 48 hundred is now only one wanting legendary Sachin Tendulkar’s world report of 49 tons, cheekily apologised to teammate Ravindra Jadeja for “stealing” what may have been a sure-shot participant of the match award for Saurashtra all-rounder.
Jadeja, who returned with figures of two/38 on a batting belter together with a surprising catch at level would have gotten that trophy on every other day.
“Sorry for stealing it (the player of the Match award) from Jaddu. I wanted to make a big contribution. I have made fifties in World Cups, wanted to finish it off this time,” Kohli mentioned at post-match presentation ceremony.
In reality, Bangladesh bowlers introduced Kohli with a few free-hits and he could not cease cracking a joke about it.
“I was telling Shubman that even if you dream about this situation, you go back to sleep. It was a dream start. It just calms you down.” The grasp chaser admitted that it was an amazing strip to bat on.
“The pitch was good, allowed me to play my game— hit the gaps and find the boundaries whenever I could.” The group is gelling effectively, mentioned the elder statesman of the group.
“There is great atmosphere in the dressing room. The spirit is there for everyone to see. You need to create some momentum in the changing room to come out and play like this,” he added.
