Virat Kohli emulates Sachin Tendulkar's another legendary record with historic 51st ODI century in Pakistan's demolition in Champions Trophy

Virat Kohli smashed another historic record after bringing his 51st ODI century in India's six-wicket win over Pakistan in their Champions Trophy 2025 clash. With this Kohli emulated Sachin Tendulkar's record of notching 51 centuries in a single format of the game. Notably, Sachin Tendulkar recorded 51 centuries in Test. Not just this, he also shattered Tendulkar's record of most ODI century century.

Virat Kohli reached his century mark in 111 deliveries, marking his first hundred in the Champions Trophy tournament. This century places him as the eighth Indian batsman to achieve this feat in the Champions Trophy. He joins an elite list of Indian cricketers who have scored centuries in the tournament, including Shikhar Dhawan, Sourav Ganguly, Sachin Tendulkar, Mohammad Kaif, Virender Sehwag, Rohit Sharma, and Shubman Gill.

All about Virat Kohli's ODI century:

India beat Pakistan

India came out to chase 242 runs and once again Rohit Sharma tried to give the team a good start. However, he could not do it for a long time as Shaheen Afridi dismissed him on the score of 20 off 15 balls. Later Shubman Gill and Virat Kohli joined 69 runs to further progress the Indian innings.

After that Kohli and Shreyas Iyer joined a match-winning stand of 114-run stand that ensured the Indian team would once again be playing the knockout stage in the Champions Trophy 2025. Shreyas Iyer and Hardik Pandya got out but India's win was ensured at that point.

Virat Kohli smashed his historic 51st century and became the second batter after Sachin Tendulkar to hit 51 centuries in a single format. Legendary Tendulkar achieved this in Test cricket while Kohli did it in ODIs. Kohli completed the century by hitting a match-winning century. This is also his first century in the Champions Trophy century.