India scored 390/5 against Sri Lanka; Kohli breaks another world record
India scored 390 for five against Sri Lanka in the third and final ODI here on Sunday. Virat Kohli breaks another world record. He scores his third hundred in four innings after Shubman Gill’s sublime century as India amassed. Kohli became the fifth-highest run-scorer in the history of ODI cricket, overtaking Sri Lankan legend Mahela Jayawardene to enter the top five.
He also broke the record held by Sachin Tendulkar for most hundreds on Indian soil. Skipper Rohit Sharma (42 off 49) and Gill (116 off 97) laid the platform for a massive total with a 95-run opening partnership before Kohli (166 not out off 110) did the needful with his 74th international hundred and 46th in the 50-over format.
Kohli, who had ended a nearly three-year wait for an international hundred in the Asia Cup last year, is back to his best and has been scoring hundreds at will in a World Cup year. The 34-year-old is now only three short of equalling Sachin Tendulkar’s record of 49 centuries.
What is remarkable is his conversion ratio as he got to his 46th ton in 259 innings while Tendulkar had taken 452 innings to get to 49 centuries. Before Kohli took over, Gill had played some high-quality strokes en route to his second ODI hundred.
