Unwanted record registered in the name of Virat Kohli! Become a part of unwanted record list after scoring a century in Indore

By Sandy Verma On Jan 20, 2026

Virat Kohli Unwanted Record: Indian team Veteran batsman Virat Kohli (Virat Kohli) In the third and last match of the ODI series against New Zealand on Sunday, January 18, (IND vs NZ 3rd ODI) Played a brilliant century innings of 124 runs hitting 10 fours and 3 sixes in 108 balls. It is noteworthy that despite scoring a brilliant century in Indore, King Kohli has become a part of a very unwanted record list.

Yes, that is what has happened. In fact, in the Indore ODI, the Indian team had to face defeat by 41 runs despite the century innings of Virat Kohli, with which Virat has now become the third player in the world to score the most centuries in the lost matches of his team in the ODI format.

Virat Kohli has scored centuries for India in 9 such ODI matches in which the team had to face defeat. In this list he equaled Brandon Taylor of Zimbabwe. Know that in this list too, great Indian batsman Sachin Tendulkar is at the top, who scored centuries in 14 lost matches for India in the ODI format. Apart from him, at second place here is Chris Gayle of West Indies, who achieved the feat of scoring a century in the 11 losing ODI matches of his country.

The condition of the match was like this:In the last match of the ODI series, Indian captain Shubman Gill won the toss and chose to bowl first, after which Daryl Mitchell (137 runs in 131 balls) and Glenn Phillips (106 runs in 88 balls) scored brilliant centuries for New Zealand. On the basis of these innings, the Kiwi team scored 337 runs after losing 8 wickets in its 50 overs.

In response, Virat Kohli took charge of one end for India and scored 124 runs in 108 balls, hitting 10 fours and 3 sixes. Whereas Nitish Kumar Reddy scored 53 runs on 57 balls and Harshit Rana scored 52 runs on 43 balls. However, apart from these, no player could stay on the field for long due to which the host team could play only 46 overs and was all out after scoring 296 runs in the last match. In this way New Zealand won the Indore ODI by 41 runs and won the series 2-1.