Virat Kohli Scripts History With 85th Ton

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Indian batter Virat Kohli scripted history by slamming a brilliant century during the third ODI against New Zealand in Indore.

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Kohli looked in sensational form as he reached the milestone in 91 balls with the help of 8 fours and 2 sixes.

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This was Kohli's 7th ODI century against New Zealand and no other batter has scored more centuries against the Kiwis in this format.

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Before this match, Virat was tied with Australia great Ricky Ponting and India legend Virender Sehwag at 6 centuries.

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Sachin Tendulkar and Sanath Jayasurya are joint third with 5 centuries each.

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Apart from this, Kohli also got his 10th century against New Zealand, across all three formats.

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He surpassed Jacques Kallis (9) to register the record of most tons against New Zealand across formats.

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