In one other historic day in Indian cricket, Virat Kohli introduced his file-breaking fiftieth ODI century with a surprising knock towards New Zealand within the World Cup 2023 semifinal on Sunday, November 15. Hundreds from Kohli and Shyreas Iyer impressed India to the best complete in World Cup knockouts and to a possible closing.
Kohli famously equalled Sachin Tendulkar‘s file of 49 ODI centuries in the course of the South Africa recreation at Eden Garden on his thirty fifth birthday. He missed the forty ninth hundred at Wankhede when he scored 88 runs towards Sri Lanka within the group-stage recreation however handled followers by bringing the fiftieth hundred on the identical venue.
After Kohli’s hundred, a crowd cheered the loudest with Sachin Tendulkar applauding from the stands as properly. Kohli acknowledged Sachin’s applause by bowing down to the God of cricket and in addition shared his feelings in the course of the mid-innings.
“The great man just congratulated me and it feels like a dream,” Kohli mentioned after scoring 100. “Too good to be true. Big recreation for us and I performed the position in order that the fellows round me can come and categorical themselves. As I mentioned, for me a very powerful factor is to make my crew win. I’ve been given a task this match and I’m making an attempt to dig deep. That’s the important thing to consistency – play in accordance to the scenario and play for the crew.
“It’s the stuff of dreams. Sachin paaji was there in the stands. It’s very difficult for me to express it. My life partner, my hero – he’s sitting there. And all these fans at the Wankhede. To get to 400 is amazing; a lot of credit needs to go to Shreyas. KL finished it with a flurry [of boundaries].”
New Zealand Playing XI: Devon Conway, Rachin Ravindra, Kane Williamson (c), Daryl Mitchell, Tom Latham (wk), Glenn Phillips, Mitchell Santner, Mark Chapman, Tim Southee, Lockie Ferguson, Trent Boult
India Playing XI: Rohit Sharma (c), Shubman Gill, Virat Kohli, Shreyas Iyer, KL Rahul (wk), Suryakumar Yadav, Ravindra Jadeja, Mohammed Shami, Jasprit Bumrah, Kuldeep Yadav, Mohammed Siraj
