Twitter Reactions: Fans bow down to Virat Kohli as he gets his 42nd ODI ton

The ‘run machine’ Virat Kohli has had a wonderful day at the office with the bat in the second ODI against the Windies. The last five months have been sort of a drought period for the Indian skipper in terms of the century count. Since he scored his 41st ODI century against Australia in March, he has failed to get to the triple figures on quite a few instances. In the World Cup 2019, he got past the 50-run mark on five consecutive occasions.

However, on each of these instances, he failed to get to a hundred. Even though he didn’t score a single hundred in the quadrennial tournament, he started off the new season on a great note. Right since he walked into bat first in the first over, Virat has stamped his authority and dominated the Windies bowlers. He never gave them a chance at any stage and played some glorious shots.

A record-breaking knock for Virat Kohli

Kohli played shots on either side of the wicket and was in control throughout. He hit 10 boundaries and a six before he reached his 42nd ODI hundred. With this century, he has moved one step closer to breaking the record of the legendary Sachin Tendulkar who has got 49 ODI centuries. Also, this is Kohli’s 67th hundred at the highest level.

Apart from the ton, Virat Kohli broke a few other records as well with this knock. Firstly, he went past Pakistan’s Javed Miandad to emerge as the leading run-scorer against Windies. While Miandad took 64 innings to score slightly over 1900 runs against this opposition, Kohli took 30 innings fewer. Also, 34 is the fewest innings taken by a batsman to score 2000 ODI runs at the highest level.

He got to the landmark with a single in the 38th over of the innings. With this, he has even scored 20 ODI centuries now under his own leadership. Moreover, he broke the record of Ricky Ponting who scored 5 centuries as captain against New Zealand. This is Virat’s 6th century as the skipper against Windies and his 8th overall against this team. India’s second-highest ODI run-scorer needs another century against Windies or Australia to level Sachin Tendulkar’s record for the most centuries against one opposition (9 vs AUS).

Here is how Twitterati reacted to this magnificent ton:

Super century @imVkohli captain is back amongst the 100s????????#INDvWI

— R P Singh रुद्र प्रताप सिंह (@rpsingh) August 11, 2019

Century kept eluding Kohli in the World Cup….he’s got one in the first ODI innings after that. Number 42. There’s no dispute about who’s the best ODI batsman in the ???? #WIvIND

— Aakash Chopra (@cricketaakash) August 11, 2019

No 42 ✔️ #ViratKohli ????????????
#INDvWI

— Deep Dasgupta (@DeepDasgupta7) August 11, 2019

Virat kohli another master class in one day cricket @imVkohli @BCCI .. what a player

— Sourav Ganguly (@SGanguly99) August 11, 2019

Virat Kohli smashes his 42nd ODI century. #WIvIND pic.twitter.com/XbpCeDW4xm

— CricTracker (@Cricketracker) August 11, 2019

Most ODI 100s vs West Indies
8 – Virat Kohli (34 inns)
5 – Hashim Amla (16)
5 – AB de Villiers (22)
5 – Herschelle Gibbs (29)#IndvWI #IndvsWI#WIvIND

— Mohandas Menon (@mohanstatsman) August 11, 2019

Most centuries by captains against a country in ODIs:

6 – Virat Kohli v West Indies*
5 – Ricky Ponting v New Zealand
4 – AB de Villiers v India
4 – Ricky Ponting v England
4 – Ricky Ponting v India#WIvIND

— Umang Pabari (@UPStatsman) August 11, 2019

Most ODI 100s vs a team

9 S Tendulkar vs Aus
8 S Tendulkar vs SL
8 V Kohli vs SL
8 V Kohli vs Aus
8 V Kohli vs WI *#WIvIND

— Deepu Narayanan (@deeputalks) August 11, 2019

Masterclass in innings building from Virat Kohli. Live lesson for Rishabh Pant and Shreyas Iyer on how to do it. Hundred no 42

— Harsha Bhogle (@bhogleharsha) August 11, 2019

Most centuries against a country in ODIs:

9 – Sachin Tendulkar v Australia
8 – Virat Kohli v Australia
8 – Virat Kohli v Sri Lanka
8 – Sachin Tendulkar v Sri Lanka
8 – Virat Kohli v West Indies*#WIvIND

— Umang Pabari (@UPStatsman) August 11, 2019

Most 100s vs a team in ODIs:

9 Tendulkar v Aus
8 Tendulkar v SL

8 Kohli v Aus
8 Kohli v SL
8 Kohli v WI#WIvsIND

— Bharath Seervi (@SeerviBharath) August 11, 2019

No 42 for @imVkohli! Meant quite a bit to him. He’s not far away from the great man now.

— Nikhil ???? (@CricCrazyNIKS) August 11, 2019

Century no. 42. How one of these didn’t come at this year’s World Cup is beyond me. #WIvIND

— Manya (@CSKian716) August 11, 2019

Century No. 42 in ODIs, 67 in Internationals

20th as captain
8th vs West Indies#WIvInd

— Bharath Seervi (@SeerviBharath) August 11, 2019

Virat Kohli scoring centuries.. pic.twitter.com/Fb5pvhPVgp

— Keh Ke Peheno (@coolfunnytshirt) August 11, 2019