Virat Kohli one century short of equalling Ricky Ponting in this stat for match-winners | Cricket News

By Jennie Adams On Oct 25, 2023

NEW DELHI: Virat Kohli is undoubtedly the best modern-day match-winner with the bat, but going purely by the number of international hundreds scored in a winning cause, the Indian batting icon requires another century to equal former Australia captain Ricky Ponting’s record and two to go past him.
Virat’s latest century in a winning cause came in India’s match against Bangladesh in the ongoing ICC World Cup.It was his 48th ODI century and 78th across formats in internationalcricket.

Of those 78 international centuries by Kohli, 54 have resulted in victories for India, which is only one short of the record 55 of Ponting’s international centuries (71) bringing a win for Australia.

Sachin Tendulkar is third in that list, with 53 of his 100 international hundreds resulting in an Indian win.
Most international hundreds in a winning cause (including Tests, ODIs, T20Is):

Batter	100s	50s	Runs	Average	Highest	Innings
Ricky Ponting	55	112	20140	53.42	257	439
Virat Kohli	54	83	16975	66.30	254*	331
Sachin Tendulkar	53	83	17113	58.20	248*	345
Hashim Amla	40	57	12245	59.15	311*	234
AB de Villiers	37	66	12468	58.81	217	264
Kumar Sangakkara	37	78	14605	53.69	287	317
Rohit Sharma	37	69	13019	53.35	264	294
Jacques Kallis	35	89	14827	55.32	224	333

(Stats Courtesy: Rajesh Kumar)

As far as the ongoing World Cup is concerned, Kohli is positioned second on the list of leading run-getters with 354 runs in five matches after Match 23 between South Africa and Bangladesh. The list is headed by South Africa’s Quinton de Kock who has scored 407 runs in five matches.
India captain Rohit Sharma is third currently with 311 runs. Under Rohit’s captaincy, India have won their all five matches so far in this World Cup to sit on top of the points table and will next face England on October 29 in Lucknow.

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