India vs Sri Lanka Virat Kohli Record: The third and last match of the ODI series between India and Sri Lanka was played in Thiruvananthapuram. In this match, India performed brilliantly and registered the biggest win in ODI history. Sri Lanka had to face defeat by 317 runs. Virat Kohli scored an unbeaten 166 while batting fast. Due to this innings, Kohli broke many records. He has already broken a special record of Viv Richards.
Kohli came to bat at number 3 for Team India in the third ODI. During this, he faced 110 balls and scored an unbeaten 166 runs. Kohli hit 13 fours and 8 sixes in this innings. He is the first non-opener batsman to score 150 or more runs in ODI history for the most number of times. Kohli has done this 5 times. Viv Richards is in second place in this matter. Richards has done this twice in his ODI career.
Along with this, Kohli has made another special record in his name. He has reached the top in terms of scoring the most centuries against any one team. Kohli has scored 10 ODI centuries against Sri Lanka. Sachin Tendulkar is in second place in this matter. Sachin has scored 9 centuries against Australia. Kohli has scored 9 centuries against the West Indies. Earlier, he and Sachin were on par.
Significantly, Team India won the ODI series against Sri Lanka by 3-0. India won the first ODI by 67 runs. While won by 4 wickets in the second ODI. After this, won the last ODI by 317 runs. This was the biggest win of captain Rohit Sharma’s career.
