Virat Kohli 71st global 100 years: Virat Kohli's 71st worldwide century came at the unlikeliest of matches when he arrived at the sought-after triple figures in a dead elastic Asia Cup match against Afghanistan.
Without any Rohit Sharma, Virat Kohli, and KL Rahul began for India with the previous India commander batting like a house ablaze at every turn.
Before this match, Kohli had last scored a global 100 years against Bangladesh in a Pink Ball Test on November 23, 2019.
His unbeaten exertion off 61 balls got him his initial hundred since November 2019 and 71st in general, equalling Ricky Ponting's count of worldwide hundreds. He is presently just behind Sachin Tendulkar in the record-breaking list.
Opening the innings in the wake of being placed into bat, KL Rahul scored 62 off 41 balls, while Kohli stayed unbeaten on 122 off only 61 balls.
The team shared a 119 runs for the initial wicket to establish the groundwork for the aggregate.
It was classic Kohli in plain view as he ventured out to the spinners, punctured the field flawlessly and, surprisingly, played an uncommon compass shot.
That apparent shot came in the 6th over bowled by Mujeeb Ur Rehman. The following ball he descended the path to hit a directly six. The previous India skipper likewise lucked out en route to a paramount hundred as he was dropped in the profound off Mohammad Nabi in the eight over.
With India at 87 for no misfortune in 10 overs and Kohli on melody, India looked set for an enormous aggregate.
It was coming down limits in the last five overs as Kohli arrived at the tricky three figure mark with a fresh draw shot off pacer Fareed Ahmed. He took his protective cap off and grinned prior to kissing his neckband as part his festival.