The third and decisive ODI between India and South Africa will be played in Visakhapatnam. The series is currently tied at 1-1, and the team that wins the third match will be declared the series winner. Virat Kohli is the highest run scorer in this series so far. He has scored 237 runs at an average of 118.50 including a century in both the matches. He has broken many records in the series so far. Here are 3 records that Virat Kohli can make in the third ODI.
Hat-trick of centuries in ODI
In the history of ODI cricket, a total of 12 cricketers have scored centuries in three consecutive innings, or a hat-trick of ODI centuries. Babar Azam is the only batsman who has achieved this feat twice. Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma have completed hat-trick of ODI centuries for India. If Virat scores a century in the third ODI against South Africa, he will become the first Indian batsman to score a hat-trick of centuries in ODI twice.
4 consecutive centuries against South Africa
Virat Kohli has scored a hat-trick of centuries in ODI against South Africa. He has scored 135 and 102 runs respectively in the two matches of the current series. Before this, he had also scored a century against South Africa in the 2023 ODI World Cup. Now if he scores a century in the third ODI match, then Virat will become the first cricketer to score a century in 4 consecutive innings against South Africa in ODI cricket.
Most runs in international cricket
Virat Kohli has now scored 27,910 runs in 555 international matches. He is currently third in the list of highest run scorers. He needs 107 more runs to overtake Kumar Sangakkara, who is second in the list with 28,016 runs. If Virat scores 107 more runs in the third ODI, he will become the second highest run scorer in international cricket.
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