Watch: Virat Kohli Scores His 72nd International Century, Goes Past Ricky Ponting In The List

India National Cricket Team batting great Virat Kohli played an absolutely insane knock in the third ODI against Bangladesh National Cricket Team and registered a remarkable century.

The dead rubber third ODI between the Bangla Tigers and the Men In Blue is currently underway at Zahur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium in Chattogram on Saturday, December 10.

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Virat Kohli came out to bat in the 5th over itself after the dismissal of the 37-year-old opener Shikhar Dhawan, who registered his third single-digit score in the ongoing series.

Initially, Kohli didn’t look in a good rhythm and even his catch was dropped twice by the Bangladesh National Cricket Team captain Litton Das, first in the 7th over and then in the 19th over.

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Virat Kohli and Ishan Kishan put on a batting exhibition and built a remarkable 290-run partnership in 190 balls. Kishan, who smashed a double century, was the aggressor in the partnership as he contributed 199 runs off 114 balls.

Meanwhile, the modern-day batting great Kohli reached the half-century milestone off 54 balls. He completed his century with a six in the 39th over, which was bowled by Ebadot Hossain, off just 85 balls. Notably, Kohli had also completed his 71st international century with a six.

Watch: Virat Kohli Scores His 72nd International Century

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Virat Kohli Goes Past Ricky Ponting With A Ton vs Bangladesh

Kohli had smashed his much-awaited 71st international century after 1020 days in the Asia Cup 2022 to become the player with joint-second-most centuries in the history of the game.

He didn’t make his fans wait long for his 72nd century as he smashed it against Bangladesh just a few months later. Before today, Kohli last scored an ODI century in August 2019 at Queen’s Park Oval against West Indies. Overall, his 44th ODI century came after a long wait of 1214 days.

With his century against Bangladesh, Virat Kohli surpassed legendary Australia National Cricket Team batter Ricky Ponting to become the player with the second-most international centuries. Now he is only behind legendary India National Cricket Team batter Sachin Tendulkar, who has 100 tons to his name.

Most international centuries:

Sachin Tendulkar – 100

Virat Kohli – 72

Ricky Ponting – 71

Kumar Sangakkara – 63

Jacques Kallis – 62

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