Virat Kohli : In the current era, if any player in Indian cricket is known as ‘Run Machine’, then his name is Virat Kohli. However, Virat has retired from Test and T20 matches and is playing only ODI matches. There is no problem in Virat’s speed in ODI matches, he is continuously scoring runs.
In the India vs South Africa 3-match series, he has scored 2 centuries in 2 consecutive matches. Virat has scored two centuries for the 11th consecutive time. In Raipur, he scored the 53rd century of his ODI career and 84th century in international matches. Now Virat will definitely be eyeing a hat-trick of centuries. When he lands in Visakhapatnam for the third ODI, all eyes will be on whether Virat will score a double hat-trick of centuries?
Have scored a hat-trick of century once
It is not that Virat has not scored a hat-trick of centuries. Virat has done this feat before also. Yes, Virat Kohli has scored 3 consecutive centuries in the year 2018. In the ODI match played with West Indies, he scored the first century hat-trick of his career by scoring 3 centuries in 3 consecutive matches.
After scoring centuries in Ranchi and Raipur, Virat Kohli has become the only player who has scored back-to-back centuries for the 11th consecutive time. This is considered to be a unique record of cricket, which no one is ahead of him. However, AB de Villiers has also done this feat only 6 times.
These players scored a hat-trick of centuries
There are many players in Cricket Gazette who have scored a hat-trick of centuries in their career. At the top in this matter is Kumar Sangakkara of Sri Lanka, who has scored 4 centuries in 4 consecutive matches. Apart from this, AB de Villiers has scored a hat-trick of centuries in the year 2010, Babar Azam in the year 2016 and Rohit Sharma in the year 2019.
India’s probable playing 11 in the third ODI
India’s probable playing 11 in the third ODI could be Ruturaj Gaikwad, Rohit Sharma, Virat Kohli, Tilak Verma, KL Rahul, Ravindra Jadeja, Washington Sundar, Nitish Kumar Reddy, Harshit Rana, Kuldeep Yadav and Arshdeep Singh.
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