Spots : India's poster boy for cricket, Virat Kohli played one of the most memorable innings of the ODI format on this day in 2013. Kohli created a record by scoring a century in just 52 balls in the second ODI against Australia in Jaipur. Kohli was the Indian batsman to score the fastest century in ODI.
Thanks to Kohli's stormy innings, India easily achieved the big target of 360 runs. Team India won the match by 9 wickets with 39 balls remaining. With this century, Virat Kohli broke the record of former explosive Indian opener Virender Sehwag. Viru scored a century in 60 balls against New Zealand in 2009. Virat Kohli is considered one of the best batsmen in the world and has boasted perhaps the most powerful bowling attack in the world. Shikhar Dhawan, Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli thrashed the Kangaroo bowlers and achieved the target with the loss of one wicket with 39 balls remaining.
In this match, Australia batted first and scored 359/5 runs in 50 overs. Australia's top five batsmen played brilliant half-centuries, with captain George Bailey being the team's leading run-scorer. He scored an unbeaten 92 runs.
Chasing the target of 360 runs, openers Rohit Sharma and Shikhar Dhawan gave a great start to the Indian team and added 176 runs. Dhawan adopted an aggressive approach and played a brilliant innings and scored 95 runs in 86 balls. He missed his century by just five runs and returned to the pavilion after falling victim to James Faulkner.
Kohli hit eight fours and seven sixes during his stormy innings. Kohli has to be praised also because the run rate required for the Indian team no longer matters. At that time, the Indian team had achieved the biggest target in its ODI history by losing just one wicket.
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