Indian cricket team’s batting stalwart Virat Kohli silenced all the outside noise by smashing a terrific ton against Bangladesh at Pune on 19th October. Virat Kohli looked in sublime touch as he was quite keen on rotating the strike and converting singles into doubles and played a stunning knock of 103 runs in 97 balls and struck 6 fours and 4 sixes.
Virat Kohli notched up his 48th ODI ton as the batter was elated after reaching to the feat who is just behind the tally of the legendary batter Sachin Tendulkar who has 49 tons to his name in his glorious career. Virat Kohli got ample support from the likes of Shubman Gill, Shreyas Iyer & KL Rahul during the run chase.
Virat Kohli is not called the greatest of all time for nothing- Irfan Pathan
Irfan Pathan was having an interaction with Star Sports and heaped praise on the star batter Virat for his turbulent ton against Bangladesh in ODI WC 2023. Irfan Pathan pointed out that Virat is getting closer to Sachin Tendulkar’s tally of 49 centuries as of now Virat has 48 tons to his name.
“It’s extremely special in Virat Kohli’s mind considering the way he celebrated. He has one eye on the World Cup for sure but there is one more thing as well, he is going closer to Sachin Tendulkar’s centuries,” said Irfan Pathan.
“He is just one century away from scoring the 49th hundred. He is standing next to him. I believe when the century happens, Sachin Tendulkar will be happier than Virat Kohli and his fans. He looked focused from the first ball itself. It seemed like he would finish the match when he walked out to bat. We were seeing posters of Virat as GOAT, he is not called the greatest of all time for nothing,” he stated.
“If you have to chase a target, you will definitely see this player unbeaten because he wants to finish the match. He did get a little help from the bowling at the start, got two free hits, which increased his strike rate, and the game became easy after that. No bowler could trouble him,” he added.