India captain Virat Kohli hasn’t looked like doing much wrong in One-day Internationals (ODI) in recent times except for the centuries he had made a habit of scoring in the last few years aren’t coming his way anymore.
The 32-year-old right-handed batsman, who is six short of Sachin Tendulkar’s ODI world record of 49 centuries, has been on 43 centuries since August 14, 2019.
It means that he has gone over one-and-a-half years without an ODI ton.
Although he is averaging a decent 45.85 and has eight fifties in 14 matches in the period, a century remains elusive. He has come close to scoring a hundred on a couple of times, 89 and 85.
“I never played for hundreds in my life. That is probably why I ended up getting so many (centuries) in such little time,” Kohli said after India’s six-wicket defeat when asked about his inability to get centuries in recent times.
“It’s all about contributing to the team’s cause. If the team does not win when you get three figures, it does not mean anything. You are not going to sit back at the end of your career and look at numbers. It is more about how you played the game that you will look at,” he added.
Surjitt Sahani
