🚀THE king DIDN’T JUST SCORE A TON. HE DETONATED A LEGACY REMINDER.
virat kohli walked into raipur with zero centuries at the venue.
He walked out leaving behind a crater.
This wasn’t just a hundred — this was a statement, a roar, a reminder that the throne still belongs to him.
The world keeps waiting for kohli to slow down…
…but kohli responds by speeding past legends, smashing decade-leaders, humiliating bowling attacks, and rewriting history like it’s a personal diary entry.
And this raipur century just unlocked another avalanche of impossible-looking numbers.
Let’s dive into the destruction.
🔥 1. THE VENUE SUPREMACY: kohli NOW DOMINATES EVERYWHERE
kohli becomes the 2nd-most venues century scorer in cricket history, closing in on the untouchable.
Centuries Across Most Venues
| Player | Venues |
|---|---|
| Sachin Tendulkar | 53 |
| Virat Kohli | 47* |
| Ponting | 35 |
| Kallis | 35 |
| Rohit Sharma | 35 |
| Dravid | 33 |
| Sangakkara | 31 |
| Sehwag | 31 |
| Amla | 30 |
| AB de Villiers | 30 |
| Chris Gayle | 30 |
⚡ 2. THE DECADE DOMINATOR — AND HE DID IT IN FEWER INNINGS
kohli is rewriting 2020s ODI cricket like he's speedrunning greatness.
Most ODI Centuries This Decade
| Player | Hundreds | Innings |
|---|---|---|
| Shai Hope | 11 | 76 |
| Virat Kohli | 10* | 62 |
| Babar Azam | 9 | 65 |
| QDK | 8 | 44 |
| Gurbaz | 8 | 52 |
| Shubman Gill | 8 | 56 |
💥 3. THE DAY-WISE BREAKDOWN — wednesday IS HIS HUNTING GROUND
Even the days of the week bow to him.
Kohli’s international Centuries by Day
| Day | Tons |
|---|---|
| Sunday | 25 |
| Monday | 5 |
| Tuesday | 7 |
| Wednesday | 12* |
| Thursday | 15 |
| Friday | 9 |
| Saturday | 11 |
🔥 4. HIS FAVOURITE PREY: SOUTH AFRICA
10 international tons vs SA.
A level only he has reached — against FOUR different teams.
Players With 10+ Hundreds vs Multiple Opponents
| Player | Teams (10+) |
|---|---|
| Virat Kohli | AUS, SL, WI, SA* |
| Sachin Tendulkar | AUS, SA, SL |
| Ricky Ponting | IND, ENG, SA |
| Sangakkara | IND, PAK, BAN |
💣 5. SIX-HITTING KOHLI? YES. AND HE’S UPGRADED.
Most Sixes by kohli in an ODI Tournament
| Series/Tournament | Sixes |
|---|---|
| v SL (2023) | 9 |
| World Cup (2023) | 9 |
| v SA (2025)* | 9 |
| v AUS (2013) | 8 |
| v NZ (2014) | 7 |
| v WI (2018) | 7 |
🔥 6. HIS LAST THREE INNINGS VS SA? PURE BRUTALITY.
| Venue | Score |
|---|---|
| Eden Gardens | 101* |
| Ranchi | 135 |
| Raipur | 102 |
The man is serial scoring.
⚡ 7. UNDER KL RAHUL’S CAPTAINCY, HE BECOMES A DIFFERENT MONSTER
Kohli Under KL rahul (ODIs + T20Is)
| Scores | Average |
|---|---|
| 122*, 51, 0, 65, 113, 135, 102 | 98.00 |
Ridiculous.
🔥 8. ODI RECORDS AGAINST OPPONENTS — kohli OWNS EVERY COLUMN
Most ODI Hundreds vs a Team
| Player | Team | Hundreds |
|---|---|---|
| Virat Kohli | SL | 10 |
| Sachin | AUS | 9 |
| Rohit | AUS | 9 |
| Kohli | WI | 9 |
| Kohli | AUS | 8 |
| Sachin | SL | 8 |
| Kohli | SA* | 7 |
| Aaron Finch | ENG | 7 |
| Jayasuriya | IND | 7 |
| Saeed Anwar | SL | 7 |
⚡ 9. MOST CENTURIES AT A POSITION — KOHLI'S NO. 3 IS UNTOUCHABLE
Most Tons at a Specific Position
| Player | Position | Format | Hundreds |
|---|---|---|---|
| Virat Kohli | No. 3 | ODI | 46* |
| Sachin | Opener | ODI | 45 |
| Sachin | No. 4 | Test | 44 |
| Sangakkara | No. 3 | Test | 37 |
| Kallis | No. 4 | Test | 35 |
| Gavaskar | Opener | Test | 33 |
💥 10. THE BIG ONE — international CENTURIES
Most international Centuries
| Player | Hundreds |
|---|---|
| Sachin Tendulkar | 100 |
| Virat Kohli | 84* |
| Ponting | 71 |
| Sangakkara | 63 |
| Kallis | 62 |
| Joe Root | 58 |
He’s coming for 100. And he’s coming fast.
🔥 11. BACK-TO-BACK HUNDREDS — kohli IS IN A LEAGUE OF HIS OWN
Most Times With Consecutive ODI Tons
| Player | Times |
|---|---|
| Virat Kohli | 12* |
| AB de Villiers | 7 |
| Babar Azam | 6 |
| Rohit Sharma | 5 |
| Sangakkara | 5 |
| Saeed Anwar | 5 |
⚡ 12. MOST 50+ SCORES — THE ART OF CONSISTENCY
Most 50+ Scores in international Cricket
| Player | 50+ Scores |
|---|---|
| Sachin | 264 |
| Virat Kohli | 228* |
| Ponting | 217 |
| Sangakkara | 216 |
| Kallis | 211 |
| Dravid | 194 |
| Jayawardene | 190 |
🔥 13. VS south africa — HE IS INDIA’S MOST RELIABLE BAT EVER
Most 50+ Scores vs SA (Indians)
| Player | 50+ Scores |
|---|---|
| Virat Kohli | 26* |
| Sachin | 25 |
| Dravid | 21 |
| Ganguly | 18 |
| Azharuddin | 13 |
| Rahane | 12 |
| Rohit Sharma | 12 |
🏁 KOHLI DIDN’T JUST SCORE A CENTURY. HE SHIFTED THE SPORT AGAIN.
raipur wasn’t a match.
It was a message.
A message to critics.
A message to rivals.
A message to time itself.
The king is not done.
The crown isn’t slipping.
The empire isn’t fading.
virat kohli is still writing history — and every century feels like a new era beginning.
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