Will Virat Kohli Break Sachin Tendulkar’s Century Record In The 2023 World Cup?

Sachin Tendulkar is one of the players who has a number of records under his cap. The Master Blaster has played 463 ODIs in which he scored 18,426 runs and 49 centuries, thus creating world records. In the history of international cricket, he is also the only batsman to score 100 international centuries (51 in Tests, 49 in ODIs). Sachin has been Man of the Match in One Day International matches 60 times. Sachin’s records are incredibly difficult to break and to break them a player has to be competent enough and be in great form.

Recently, at the Arun Jaitley stadium in Delhi, Indian team batter Virat Kohli broke Sachin Tendulkar’s record of most 50-plus scores in successful ODI run-chases. In ODI World Cups, Virat Kohli is now seventh on the list of leading run-getters with 1170 runs in 27 innings at an average of 48.47.

Kohli has always been one of the greatest batters, though he went through a dry spell for which he also faced backlash, he catapulted right back into his form and didn’t fail to amaze his millions of fans.

In the ongoing ICC World Cup 2023, Virat is proving that he is the Greatest of all time (GOAT). He is in great form and is ready to up his game. Kohli showcased one of his incredible performances in his playing career in the ongoing ICC World Cup by nearing the milestone of becoming the first batter to score 50 centuries in ODI cricket.

On October 19, Virat broke the record held by Master Blaster Sachin Tendulkar and became the fastest hitter in cricket history to reach 26,000 international runs

During the World Cup match in Pune, Kohli accomplished this milestone with a superb six.

With 78 centuries and 134 half-centuries, his total runs in all formats stand at 26,026 in 567 innings making him the fourth-highest run-scorer in world cricket now. In terms of scoring runs only three players ahead of him namely, Sachin Tendulkar (34,357), Kumara Sangakkara (28,016), and Ricky Ponting (27,483).

Will Kohli be able to break Sachin’s century record in ODI cricket?

Tendulkar made his ODI debut in 1989, he ended up with 49 centuries by playing 463 ODI matches. In 1994, he scored his first ODI century against Australia.

His 46th ODI century was the first example of a batsman scoring an ODI double-century with an inning of 200* against South Africa.

Sachin Tendulkar ODI centuries list

Virat Kohli almost reached Sachin Tendulkar’s record of 49 ODI cricket centuries in the ongoing ICC World Cup

Now, Kohli has scored his 48th ODI century against Bangladesh in the ongoing ICC World Cup. He almost reached Sachin Tendulkar’s record of 49 ODI cricket centuries in the next match against New Zealand but failed to do so as he fell short by five runs.

In the ongoing 2023 edition of the World Cup in Pune, the 34-year-old also went past Ricky Ponting’s tally of 71 centuries and occupied second place with his latest century, the 78th one, which came against Bangladesh.

However, out of Kohli’s 48 ODI centuries, 40 have resulted in Indian wins. It is 7 more than the 33 of Tendulkar’s ODI hundreds resulting in wins for India. Compared to Sachin’s 49 centuries in 463 ODI matches, Kohli has a record of 48 ODI centuries by playing 286 ODI matches. The average batting stats of Sachin in ODI matches is 44.8 whereas Virat has an average of 58.2.

Virat Kohli ODI centuries list

With Kohli’s great form, it is plausible that he will match or surpass Master Blaster’s ODI centuries record. All we can do is hold our anticipation and wait for Virat’s performances in the upcoming matches.