As Virat Kohli supplicated a major 50th ODI century to surpass fabulous Sachin Tendulkar for utmost tons in the format, the fur great felt' amazing' after achieving the feat at the iconic Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai. Standing the corner ton as' stuff of dreams' Kohli hit a atrocious 113- ball 117, guiding India to a massive 397 for four against New Zealand in the World Cupsemi-final on Wednesday.
As Virat Kohli supplicated a major 50th ODI century to surpass fabulous Sachin Tendulkar for utmost tons in the format, the fur great felt' amazing' after achieving the feat at the iconic Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai.
Standing the corner ton as' stuff of dreams' Kohli hit a atrocious 113- ball 117, guiding India to a massive 397 for four against New Zealand in the World Cupsemi-final on Wednesday.
The record ton was Kohli's third ton of the event as he maintained the top spot on the list of utmost run- getters at this time's cricketing circus.
I said in Kolkata, the great man( Sachin Tendulkar) just complimented me. All this feels like a dream, too good to be true. senses surreal for me. Again a big game moment, I had to play the part I've played throughout the event so that the guys around me can go and express themselves. Just glad everything came together so nicely and we put up a great aggregate on the board as well, Kohli said at the innings break.
" Anushka was sitting right there, Sachin paaji was then too. delicate to explain this. If I could paint a perfect picture I would want this to be the picture. My life mate, the person I love the most is sitting there, my idol is sitting there and I was suitable to get the 50th( ODI hundred) in front of all of them and all these daises in Wankhede as well, such a major venue so it was amazing," Kohli added.
Leading the wishes from the front, Sachin lauded Kohli's trouble saying that the 35- time-old made achieving the feat look so easy.
A big, big congratulations to Virat, he made it look easy, he is gone to 50 hundreds in ODI format. inconceivable, super, we're all super proud of him. I still flash back the first day when he got into the Indian dressing room. The other players played a knavery on him and made him touch my bases saying that this is tradition, you have to touch his bases to take his blessings, that is when you're going to have a good career. I was laughing down. moment to see the same player grow so beautifully and achieve so numerous laurels for our country, I'm so proud," Sachin said.
Kohli put on 163 with Iyer, who made 105 off just 70 balls as India indented a massive aggregate in the knock- eschewal game against the Kiwis.
