Virat Kohli bowed down to Sachin Tendulkar, who was applauding from the Wankhede stands, after reaching his historic 50th ODI century.
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There was that familiar roar and a big leap in the air. The fist throwing imaginary punches. The big smile. The world at his feet. This seemed like a trademark Virat Kohli century celebration at the beginning. But it wasn't. Kohli went down on his knees, thanked the almighty, got up quickly to remove his gloves and helmet and then bowed down. But to whom? He had just achieved something that had never been done in the cricket field before before. He is at the top of the world, almost literally. Who does he need to bow to? The packed Wankhede Stadium knew it, the millions watching across the globe knew it. It was for Sachin Tendulkar, his idol. The man whose tally of 49 ODI centuries seemed unbreakable even a few years ago, was now the second-best. Kohli had just hit his 50th ODI century, the first to do so in the format.
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A couple of days prior, in an association game against Sri Lanka, Kohli was destroyed to pass up his 49th 100 years at a similar setting yet fate had something greater coming up for him. He got it against South Africa at the Eden Nurseries in Kolkata and Today, on a greater stage - World Cup semi-last - he broke the expert's reality record before the man himself.
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How did Tendulkar respond? He stood, similar to everyone at the Wankhede and applauded as hard as possible. The real grin all over depicting what 1,000 words proved unable. About 10 years prior, in an occasion, Tendulkar had said he wouldn't see any problems in the event that an Indian player broke his record and he had likewise picked Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli as the two plausible. He would be happy to be legitimized.
Kohli, 35, arrived at his 100 years - - his third of the competition - - with a two off quick bowler Lockie Ferguson, having confronted 106 balls, hitting eight fours and a six.
The entire heave of the accomplishment was amplified by the way that November 15 likewise was the last time Tendulkar batted in a global counterpart for India, a Test against the West Indies at this scene.
This was Kohli's 279th ODI innings, with the previous India skipper having likewise scored a further 71 fifties notwithstanding his 50 hundreds.
Kohli's festivals weren't finished. He then, at that point, went to his significant other Anushka Sharma, his greatest help and pantomimed blowing kisses just to receive numerous consequently The New Zealand players participated.
During his innings, Kohli turned into the most elevated scorer in a solitary release of a World Cup, outperforming Sachin Tendulkar (673 runs in 2003). The previous skipper bettered Tendulkar's record which he had made in the 2003 release of the World Cup.
Kohli likewise turned into the most elevated run-getter of this competition, overshadowing South Africa's Quinton de Kock (591), trailed by New Zealand's Rachin Ravindra (565).
Kohli is likewise positioned in the third spot in the rundown of most runs in ODIs. Tendulkar with 18,426 runs beat the rundown, trailed by Kumar Sangakkara (14,234). Kohli bettered Ricky Ponting (13,704) to take the third spot.Kohli is likewise third in the rundown of most 50 or more scores in global cricket headed by Tendulkar (264) and followed by Ponting (217). Kohli has 217.