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Virat Kohli half-centuries in ODI: When and where was last century of Virat Kohli in ODI?

Dixit Bhargav
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Virat Kohli half-centuries in ODI: When and where was last century of Virat Kohli in ODI?

Virat Kohli half-centuries in ODI: The former Indian captain failed to convert his half-century into a century at the Boland Park today.

During the first ODI of the ongoing India’s tour of South Africa in Paarl, former India captain Virat Kohli scored his 63rd ODI half-century but continued to remain away from an elusive international century.

Playing an ODI as a specialist batter for the first time since 2016, Kohli batted at his usual No. 3 position scoring an assured 51 (63) with the help of three fours.

Kohli, who shared a 92-run partnership for the second wicket alongside opening batter Shikhar Dhawan (79), was his regular comfortable self while batting in the middle. It was on the fourth delivery of the 28th over that Kohli ran a single off South Africa spinner Keshav Maharaj to complete a half-century.

Having rarely played a false shot at the Boland Park today, Kohli had increased his fans’ expectation around seeing him score an ODI century after more than two years. However, Kohli’s attempt of forcing a sweep against South Africa spinner Tabraiz Shamsi saw him giving a straightforward catch to South Africa captain Temba Bavuma.

It is worth mentioning that Kohli’s last international century had come against Bangladesh in India’s inaugural pink-ball Test match at the Eden Gardens in November 2019. As far as Kohli’s last ODI century is concerned, it had come against West Indies during India’s tour of West Indies in August 2019 at the Queen’s Park Oval.

Virat Kohli half-centuries in ODI (only table updated on March 22, 2023)

In what was Kohli’s seventh ODI half-century against South Africa, it was his fifth in South Africa, 24th away from home, 36th as a specialist batter and 53rd at No. 3.

RunsBalls4s6sOppositionGroundYear
546670Sri LankaColombo2008
79*10492West IndiesJohannesburg2009
546570Sri LankaNagpur2009
9110270BangladeshDhaka2010
71*6890Sri LankaDhaka2010
577141South AfricaAhmedabad2010
829240Sri LankaBulawayo2010
689550Sri LankaHarare2010
647380New ZealandJaipur2010
63*7062New ZealandVadodara2010
547021South AfricaDurban2011
87*9272South AfricaPort Elizabeth2011
597650West IndiesChennai2011
8110361West IndiesPort of Spain2011
94104100West IndiesKingston2011
557340EnglandChester-le-Street2011
86*99110EnglandMumbai2011
808550West IndiesChennai2011
779481Sri LankaPerth2012
668320Sri LankaBrisbane2012
668250BangladeshDhaka2012
77*7992EnglandRanchi2013
58*6441Sri LankaCardiff2013
68*8851ZimbabweHarare2013
618560AustraliaPune2013
687390AustraliaMohali2013
868492West IndiesKochi2013
9910090West IndiesVishakhapatnam2013
786572New ZealandHamilton2014
827873New ZealandWellington2014
627850West IndiesDelhi2014
536141Sri LankaHyderabad2014
666460Sri LankaKolkata2014
779950South AfricaRajkot2015
919791AustraliaPerth2016
596740AustraliaBrisbane2016
85*8191New ZealandDharamsala2016
657621New ZealandVishakhapatnam2016
556380EnglandKolkata2017
81*6863PakistanBirmingham2017
76*10171South AfricaThe Oval2017
96*78130BangladeshBirmingham2017
82*70101Sri LankaDambulla2017
9210780AustraliaKolkata2017
758371South AfricaJohannesburg2018
758270EnglandNottingham2018
717280EnglandLeeds2018
607461New ZealandMount Maunganui2019
827742AustraliaThe Oval2019
776570PakistanManchester2019
676350AfghanistanSouthampton2019
728280West IndiesManchester2019
667670EnglandBirmingham2019
858190West IndiesCuttack2019
787660AustraliaRajkot2020
899180AustraliaBengaluru2020
516360New ZealandHamilton2020
898772AustraliaSydney2020
637850AustraliaCanberra2020
566060EnglandPune2021
667931EnglandPune2021
516330South AfricaPaarl2022
658450South AfricaCape Town2022
547221AustraliaChennai2023

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Dixit Bhargav

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Born and brought up in Pathankot, Dixit Bhargav is an engineering and sports management graduate who works as a Cricket Editor at The SportsRush. Having written more than 10,000 articles across more than five years at TSR, his first cricketing memory dates back to 2002 when former India captain Sourav Ganguly had waved his jersey at the historic Lord’s balcony. What followed for an 8-year-old was an instant adulation for both Ganguly and the sport. The optimist in him is waiting for the day when Punjab Kings will win their maiden Indian Premier League title. When not watching cricket, he is mostly found in a cinema hall watching a Punjabi movie.

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