Former Indian opener Aakash Chopra has made a big prediction regarding Virat Kohli’s international career. Aakash Chopra believes that Virat Kohli can end his career with 98 international centuries. In a video shared on X by Cricinfo, he was asked how many centuries Kohli would have till his retirement. In response to this question he gave the figure of 98. Kohli currently has 86 international centuries in his name in all three formats.
Virat Kohli has a chance to break Sachin Tendulkar’s record of 100 international centuries. For this he will have to score 15 more centuries. In his international career, Sachin had scored 51 centuries in 200 Test matches and 49 centuries in 463 ODI matches. At the same time, Kohli has 55 centuries in his name in ODI, 30 in Test and one century in T20 International. According to Aakash Chopra’s prediction, if Kohli stops at 98 centuries, he will be two centuries behind Sachin’s record.
Arshdeep’s name after Jasprit Bumrah
Aakash Chopra was also asked about India’s best white-ball fast bowler. Apart from Jasprit Bumrah, he took the name of Arshdeep Singh. Arshdeep is India’s highest wicket-taker in T20 International cricket. He has taken 140 wickets in 94 matches. However, he has not got many opportunities in ODI cricket. He made his ODI debut against New Zealand in November 2022 and has played only 18 ODIs so far. Even for the 2027 ODI World Cup, his place is not considered confirmed.
Big question on Hardik Pandya’s fitness
Aakash Chopra also included Hardik Pandya’s fitness among the biggest questions related to the Indian ODI team. He said, “What if Hardik is not fit?” Hardik is an important part of India’s white-ball team, but he has not played any competitive match since IPL 2026. Due to injury, he also had to be ruled out of India A’s ODI series against Australia A. According to reports, Hardik may also be out of the five ODI and five T20 series against New Zealand. His comeback could be for Baroda in the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy in November.