Virat Kohli slams 72nd international ton, surpasses Ricky Ponting to go second behind Sachin Tendulkar
NEW DELHI: Batting virtuoso Virat Kohli produced a batting masterclass on Saturday as he slammed his 44th one-day international century at the Zahur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium in Chattogram against Bangladesh.
With the scintillating ton, Kohli surpassed legendary Australian top-order batter Ricky Ponting (71) in terms of most hundreds in international cricket. Kohli now has 72 international centuries in the three formats combined and is now placed second only behind iconic Sachin Tendulkar (100 hundreds).
The century against Bangladesh is now the first for Virat in the ODIs since August 2019
