Kohli is one huge century away from catching Ponting, and Dhoni.

Key sentence:

• The 71st International century keeps on evading Indian captain Virat Kohli.
• Kohli gloats of a lot higher normal and strike-rate. 
• Virat at present has 41 centuries as a skipper across formates.

The 71st International century keeps on evading Indian captain Virat Kohli; however, the hundred-dry season hasn’t kept him from piling up runs in the 50-over design. 

Since his last ODI century in August 2019 – 114 not out against West Indies – Kohli has proceeded to enrol eight scores of 50 or more in 14 innings. He has broken different records in transit and is near the very edge of breaking one more. 

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The Indian has amassed 5442 runs in 92 innings as captain:

Kohli is only 167 flees from outperforming Sri Lanka legend Arjuna Ranatunga in the rundown of most ODI runs by a commander. The Indian has amassed 5442 runs in 92 innings as skipper. 

Should he score those runs or more in the third ODI against England at the Maharashtra Cricket Association Stadium in Pune on Sunday, he will move to the fourth spot in the count in Ranatunga, who has 5608 runs in 193 innings as chief. 

Kohli went past South African legend Graeme Smith:

In the second ODI on Friday, Kohli went past South African legend Graeme Smith in the standings. Smith, as skipper, scored 5416 runs in 150 ODIs. 

Australian captain Ricky Ponting tops the rundown with 8497 runs in 230 matches as skipper. He is trailed by previous Indian skipper MS Dhoni, who piled up 6641 runs in 200 games. Stephen Fleming is third – 6295 runs in 2018. 

The only batsman in the tally to average more than 70:

In this tip-top rundown, Kohli gloats of a lot higher normal and strike-rate. His normal is 73.54, and his strike-rate is 98.55. 

He is the lone batsman in the whole count to average more than 70. Kohli is 13 flees from turning into the fourth batsman to finish 5,000 ODI pursues at home Sachin Tendulkar (6976), Ricky Ponting (5406), and Jacques Kallis (5178). 

What happens once Kohli gets that one century:

Kohli is one century from equalling Sachin Tendulkar’s count of most hundreds of years (20) at home in ODIs. The captain is likewise one century from equalling Ricky Ponting’s count of most hundreds of years as skipper (22) in ODIs. 

If he gets to the triple-figure mark on Sunday, he will rise to Ponting’s count of most hundreds of years as skipper (71) in global cricket across designs. 

It’s not finished at this point:

Kohli is one century from having most quantities of hundreds of years of international cricket across designs as a skipper. He at present has 41 centuries as a skipper across formates, equivalent to Ponting’s count.