Stats: Virat Kohli's 29th ODI hundred in numbers

Virat Kohli scored one of his easiest centuries ever in ODI cricket in the 4th ODI game against Sri Lanka at the Colombo (RPS). The Indian captain scored his 29th century in this format and 7th against the Lankans. He brought up his century off just 76 balls and scored 131 off 96 balls before becoming Lasith Malinga’s 300th ODI success.

Here we look at all the stats and records during Virat Kohli’s century.

7 – This is Virat Kohli’s 7th ODI century against Sri Lanka. Only Sachin Tendulkar against Australia (9) and Sri Lanka (8) scored more ODI hundreds against a particular team.

Most ODI centuries for a player against a team:

7 – Number of ODI centuries Kohli has scored as captain; the 2nd most for any Indian. He is now only behind Sourav Ganguly (11) on the list of most ODI hundreds by Indian captains.

Most centuries in ODI cricket as Indian captain:

17 – Number of centuries for Kohli in International cricket as captain; the most for any Indian captain. He went past Sourav Ganguly’s 16 International hundreds.

Most centuries in International cricket as Indian captain:

29 – Kohli’s 29 centuries are the 3rd most number of centuries for any player in ODI cricket. He scored his 29th century in 185th innings. Sachin Tendulkar and Ricky Ponting scored their 29th ODI ton in 265th and 330th innings respectively.

Most centuries in ODI cricket:

33 – Number of centuries in List A format for Virat Kohli; the joint 6th most by any player and the 2nd most by an Indian after Sachin Tendulkar (60).

2076 – Runs Virat Kohli has scored against Sri Lanka in ODIs; he is the 5th player to score 2000+ ODI runs against Sri Lanka. He became the fastest to complete 2000 ODI against Sri Lanka getting there in 44 innings. MS Dhoni needed 45 innings for scoring 2000 runs vs SL.

2000+ ODI runs against Sri Lanka:

(Stats as on August 31, 2017)