The batting juggernaut Virat Kohli finally ended his ODI century drought in the third ODI against Bangladesh in Chattogram on Saturday (December 10).
Kohli brought up his 44th ODI ton with a cracking six which also took his overall century tally to 72 as he reached the landmark in just 85 balls.
Kohli’s last ODI ton came against the West Indies on August 14 in 2019. Kohli added a staggering 290 for the second wicket with Ishan Kishan, who smacked the fastest ever ODI double hundred, off just 138 balls.
Kohli, who now has a staggering 72 international hundreds, has gone past Australian great Ricky Ponting in the list of batters with most international hundreds. He is second behind Indian great Sachin Tendulkar, who ended his career with a mindboggling 100 international centuries. Kohli now has 27 Test hundreds, 44 ODI tons and one century in T20Is.
Earlier this year, during the Asia Cup in the UAE, Kohli scored his first century in 1,021 days in India’s Asia Cup victory over Afghanistan in Dubai. The 33-year-old, who before that night had last hit a century in a Test against Bangladesh on 23 November 2019, made an unbeaten 122 off 61 balls as India made 212-2 from their 20 overs.
Earlier, Bangladesh skipper Litton Das won the toss and opted to field against India in the third and final ODI. Bangladesh made two changes with Taskin Ahmed and Yasir Ali coming in place of Nasum Ahmed and Najmul Hossain Shanto respectively. India captain KL Rahul said his team has also effected two changes, deciding to play Ishan Kishan and Kuldeep Yadav in place of the injured Rohit Sharma and Deepak Chahar. Hosts Bangladesh have already won the series with victories in the first two matches.
India's playing XI: Shikhar Dhawan, Ishan Kishan, Virat Kohli, Shreyas Iyer, KL Rahul (wk/capt), Washington Sundar, Axar Patel, Shardul Thakur, Kuldeep Yadav, Mohammed Siraj, Umran Malik.
Bangladesh's playing XI: Anamul Haque, Litton Das (capt), Yasir Ali, Shakib Al Hasan, Mushfiqur Rahim (wk), Mahmudullah, Afif Hossain, Mehidy Hasan Miraz, Ebadot Hossain, Mustafizur Rahman, Taskin Ahmed.
