Virat Kohli. (Photo Credits: X)
Virat Kohli once again showed his class and put up a brilliant show in the third and deciding ODI of the series in Indore on Sunday. India were handed a target of 338 and the team lost wickets regularly. It was Kohli’s brilliance that kept them in the hunt as he struck a brilliant hundred.
This is Virat’s 85th hundred in international career. With this, he now has struck seventh hundred against New Zealand.
In the list of batters with the most ODI centuries vs New Zealand, Kohli is followed by India’s Virender Sehwag and Australia’s Ricky Ponting. Both Sehwag and Ponting scored six ODI centuries against the Black Caps.
The flamboyant right-handed batter has also struck his 27th hundred in India.
Apart from him, Nitish Kumar Reddy notched up a fifty while Harshit Rana gave good support from the other end.
The trios batting efforts went in vain as India were bundled out for 296 to lose the match by 41 runs. India lost the series 2-1.
Earlier, in the day, New Zealand had posted a mammoth 337/8 in 50 overs. Daryl Mitchell continued his dominance against India and got a hundred–second in the series while Glenn Phillips also got a hundred.
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