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The Many Records by Virat Kohli on Hitting 71st Century During IND vs AFG Match 5

Virat Kohli was seen in his best form during India vs Afghanistan Match 5 of Asia Cup 2022. After the wait of 1020 days, Virat Kohli hit the 71st international century.

He scored 122 runs in 61 balls and brought an important win for India. Fans are celebrating this victory but more than anything they are happy for Kohli’s comeback.

With his maiden T20I century, he smashed many records too.

Records Virat Kohli Made With His 71st Century

Highest Run Scorer in Asia Cup 2022

So far in the Asia Cup 2022, no batter has hit massive scores. Kohli is the first to get the title of a highest run scorer in the ongoing tournament by scoring the 71st century.

He hit 12 fours and 6 sixes in India vs Afghanistan Match.

Century in All Formats

4th cricketer to hit centuries in all formats

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Virat is now the 4th batsman from the Indian Cricket Team who has hit a century in all three formats. He scored 116 runs against Australia in the 2012 Test match and 107 in 2009 against Sri Lank in ODI.

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The rest three batsmen to hold this record are KL Rahul, Suresh Raina, and Rohit Sharma.

  • Raina made 120 runs in 2010 against Sri Lanka in test matches, 101 in ODIs (2008), and 101 against SA in T20I (2010).
  • Rohit started with the highest of all four in the test matches. He scored 177 in the 2013 Test Match against West Indies, 114 in ODI (2010), and 106 in T20Is( 2015).
  • KL Rahul had hit 110 runs in the 2015 Test match, 100 in the 2016 ODI match, and 110 in T20Is in the 2016 match.

Fastest Player to Achieve the Milestone

fastest player to make 71st century

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Though he is 4th in terms of smashing a century in cricket formats, Virat is the first fastest cricketer to complete 71 centuries in the game.

He achieved this milestone in 522 innings which is one less than Sachin Tendulkar. Ricky Ponting is the third batsman to achieve this feat in 652 innings.

Highest Individual Score

Virat Kohli has made a record at an individual level too. With 122 runs in 61 balls, he is the highest individual scorer in T20 international games.

6th to Hit a T20 Centurysixth batsman to hit century in t20

In T20 international, only 5 batsmen have crossed the hundreds. Virat has equaled this level with KL Rahul and Rohit Sharma but is still behind Suresh Raina, Deepak Hooda, and Suryakumar Yadav.

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Virat Kohli hit a three-figure mark almost after 3 years. The last time he crossed the hundreds was in 2019.

Tied With Ricky Pontingvirat kohli ricky ponting

In the international cricket format, the right-handed batter has now leveled with former Australian cricketer and current Australian cricket coach Ricky Ponting.

Second to Complete 3500 Runs

The 71st century of Virat Kohli also brought him closer to Rohit Sharma’s record to score 3500 runs in the T20 format. Rohit’s total in T20 matches is 3620 runs.

Most Fifties in T20Is

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Though Virat is second after Rohit in terms of overall runs, he surpassed him in smashing most fifties in T20Is. He has hit 33 fifties whereas Rohit’s score is 32 in this regard.

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Not just Virat Kohli achieved multiple feats by hitting the 71st century of his career, pacer Bhuvneshwar Kumar also made records during Ind vs Afghanistan match.

Bhuvaneshwar surpassed Yuzvendra Chahal in taking the most wicket in T20Is. He also gave the third-best figure in this format and now comes after Deepak Chahar and Yuzvendra Chahal.

The best record he bagged is achieving the five-wicket haul in the T20 format against opponent team Afghanistan.

And India’s victory in the IND vs AFG ASIA CUP 2022 match made it the team with the most individual centuries in T20I cricket.

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