IND vs SA: Virat Kohli standing on the threshold of creating history, will become the first batsman in the world to achieve this feat.

Virat Kohli: The three-match ODI series being played against South Africa is going amazing for Virat Kohli. King Kohli scored two centuries back to back in Ranchi and then Raipur. Now Virat will take the field with the intention of maintaining the same form in Vizag also.

Team India’s star batsman likes the ground of Visakhapatnam very much. If Kohli is successful in scoring a century in the third ODI, he will reach a place where no batsman in the world has been able to reach till now.

Kohli has a chance to create history

Actually, Virat Kohli has scored consecutive centuries in the last three ODI innings against South Africa. Before this series, King Kohli had also scored a century in the 2023 ODI World Cup, taking a lot of notice from the bowlers of the Proteas team. Now if Virat is successful in scoring a century in Vizag also, then he will become the first batsman in the world to score four consecutive centuries against any one team.

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Along with this, the pair of Rohit Sharma and Kohli will also have a chance to break the big record of Sangakkara-Dilshan. If Rohit-Virat are successful in maintaining another century partnership, then they will come second in the list of the pair with the highest century partnership in this format. Sachin Tendulkar and Sourav Ganguly are currently at the top in this list, who have 26 century partnerships in their names.

‘King’ Kohli of Vizag

Virat Kohli likes playing on Vizag ground very much. This ground on Indian soil is on the top of his favorite list. Here King Kohli has played a total of 7 innings so far, in which 587 runs have come from his bat. During this period, his batting average has been 97, while his strike rate has also been 100. Kohli has scored 3 centuries and 2 half-centuries on this ground. No other batsman has scored more runs than Kohli in the 50 over format in Vizag.

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