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It is worth noting that Tendulkar took three years to make his last five hundreds and Kohli himself has only two in this format since 2020. Kohli is well ahead of the next active player in the list, Rohit Sharma, who has 29 ODI tons.
In the first ODI against Sri Lanka, Kohli walked in after a strong 143-run opening stand between Rohit Sharma and Shubman Gill. He was quick to get going, racing to 18 in 12 balls before Rohit was dismissed for 83.
Virat Kohli made it two hundreds in a row in ODIs with his smashing century in Guwahati against Sri Lanka on Tuesday.
IND v SL, 1st ODI Scorecard
The Indian No.3 batter notched up his 45th ODI hundred on Tuesday against Sri Lanka, getting to his landmark off just 80 balls. Having broken his century drought of three years in ODIs last month against Bangladesh, Kohli made it two in a row with the ton in Guwahati.
Kohli now has 45 ODI hundreds, moving one step closer to Sachin Tendulkar’s record of 49 ODI tons.
Player ODI hundreds
Sachin Tendulkar 49
Virat Kohli 45
Ricky Ponting 30
Rohit Sharma 29
Sanath Jayasuriya 28