Indian legend Virat Kohli made the Indian audience happy by returning to international cricket on Indian grounds. He scored his 52nd ODI century and broke many international records in his entertaining innings.
India may not have been the most confident team coming into the ODI series. Their captain and vice-captain have been sidelined with injuries, their best all-rounder has been rested, and their best fast bowler has been sidelined to focus on T20Is. However, the only positive for India was the return of the stalwarts.
Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli have now decided to play only in the ODI format; Hence, they are desperate to make every innings memorable and the Giants have done the same in the first ODI in Ranchi.
Virat Kohli made a sensational comeback in international cricket on Indian soil
Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli were part of another dramatic century partnership with some unexpected incidents, as this time Virat Kohli was the aggressor while Rohit is often seen playing that role. The Indian opener also scored a half-century, but after his dismissal, Kohli took the innings further.
There may be a drop in scoring rate during the middle stages; However, it did not have much of an impact on India, as Kohli eventually took some beating from the Proteas bowlers after scoring his remarkable 52nd ODI century.
A new side to Virat Kohli’s game, as the great batsman hit the ball many times and hit 7 sixes in his innings. With these hits, Kohli became the number one player to hit most sixes, surpassing former Australian captain Ricky Ponting. 3 batsmen in international cricket. He was out after scoring 135 runs in 120 balls.
In this record, Virat Kohli left Sachin Tendulkar behind.
As Virat Kohli has already overtaken former Indian great Sachin Tendulkar’s record for most centuries in ODI cricket, he has overtaken him in a new list of records. Earlier, Sachin Tendulkar, who scored 51 centuries in Test cricket, had the most centuries in one format of the game.
Now, Virat Kohli has overtaken Sachin Tendulkar’s record of most centuries in one format of international cricket with his 52nd ODI century. Along with this, this is Kohli’s overall 83rd century in the game of cricket.
Most centuries in international cricket
100 – Sachin Tendulkar
83 – ๐ฉ๐ถ๐ฟ๐ฎ๐ ๐๐ผ๐ต๐น๐ถ*
71 – Ricky Ponting
63- Kumar Sangakkara
62 – Jacques Kallis
58 – Joe Root pic.twitter.com/F381YX7K9q– ๐บ๐๐๐๐๐ (@Shebas_10dulkar) 30 November 2025
Virat Kohli’s century in Ranchi is the 7000th international century in cricket.
This legend not only played an extraordinary innings at the JSCA International Cricket Stadium in Ranchi but also scored the 7000th century in the history of international cricket.
Every 1000th century in international cricket:
1st โ Charles Bannerman (AUS, 1877)
1000th – Ian Chappell (Australian, 1968)
2000th – Dean Jones (AUS, 1990)
3000th – Steve Waugh (Australian, 2001)
4000th – K Sangakkara (Sri Lanka, 2007)
5000th – Ross Taylor (New Zealand, 2014)
6000th โ S Vikramsekhar (Czech representative, 2019)
7000th – Virat Kohli (IND, 2025)*
Kohli’s century has now become the 7000th international century in men’s cricket.
1st โ Charles Bannerman (AUS, 1877)
1000th – Ian Chappell (Australian, 1968)
2000th – Dean Jones (AUS, 1990)
3000th – Steve Waugh (Australian, 2001)
4000th – K Sangakkara (Sri Lanka, 2007)
5000th – Ross Taylor (New Zealand,โฆ– ๐บ๐๐๐๐๐ (@Shebas_10dulkar) 30 November 2025
Virat Kohli scored his 7,000th century in international cricket. pic.twitter.com/emVxL1jAxG
– Mufaddal Vohra (@mufaddal_vohra) 30 November 2025
Also read: ‘Centurion’ Virat Kohli became the victim of Ryan Rickelton’s brilliant catch in Ranchi ODI.
