IND vs SL: After taking a break from the recently finished T20I series, former India skipper Virat Kohli will return to the field on January 10 against Sri Lanka. The run-scoring machine will have the opportunity to emulate his idol Sachin Tendulkar in the three-match ODI series, which begins on Tuesday. The run-scoring machine has recently come under fire for his erratic play.
In order to tie Tendulkar’s record of 20 home hundreds, Kohli will need one more century. Tendulkar completed the feat in 164 games. In just 101 games at home, Kohli, who is nearing the end of his career, has amassed 19 centuries. However, he last scored a century at home against Australia in March 2019. In the series against the visiting Australian team, he had scored consecutive hundreds in one-day matches.
Virat Kohli went through a slump.
The 34-year-old had just experienced a really dry spell with the bat. During the three-match series in Bangladesh between November and December 2022, he snapped a nearly 4-year ODI century drought. In the second One-Day International against Bangladesh, he scored 113 runs off just 91 deliveries, but his performance dipped throughout the Test series, scoring just 45 runs in two matches.
In addition to this significant milestone, Kohli is aiming to become one of the top 5 ODI run scorers of all time. To surpass former Sri Lankan captain Mahela Jayawardene in the list of batsmen with the most ODI runs, he needs 180 more runs. Even though there is more competition for slots in the top and middle order, he will be trying to regain his best form during the year of the ODI World Cup.
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