Harare, July 25: Virat Kohli equalled Virender Sehwag's tally of 15 One Day International hundreds when he struck 115 in a winning cause for India against Zimbabwe here on Wednesday (July 24).
Captain Kohli powered India to a six-wicket victory. This was his second century as India skipper. The 24-year-old is the quickest to 15-ton club, reaching there in 106 innings. He is also the youngest batsman to achieve the feat.
Kohli's first ODI hundred came against Sri Lanka in Kolkata on December 24, 2009. In less than four years he has amassed 15 and is now the joint third in India's highest century-makers in ODIs. He and Sehwag are behind Sachin Tendulkar (49) and Sourav Ganguly (22). Kohli's 14 centuries have come in winning matches. The only three-figure mark (107) which ended in a losing cause was against England in September, 2011.
Here is the list of Virat Kohli's 15 ODI hundreds so far (updated till July 24, 2013)
Matches till date: 109, 106 innings, 4,493 runs, 15 hundreds, 23 fifties, 7 ducks, average of 49.37.
# 9 hundreds batting second
# 5 tons Vs Sri Lanka, 2 Vs West Indies/Bangladesh/England, 1 Vs Australia/Pakistan/NewZealand/Zimbabwe
# Yet to score a hundred against South Africa
# 14 hundreds in India's winning cause
# 1 ton in losing caus
1. 107 Vs Sri Lanka, Kolkata, December 24, 2009
2. 102* Vs Bangladesh, Dhaka, January 11, 2010
3. 118 Vs Australia, Visakhapatnam, October 20, 2010
4. 105 Vs New Zealand, Guwahati, November 28,2010
5. 100* Vs Bangladesh, Dhaka, February 19, 2011
6. 107 Vs England, Cardiff, September 16, 2011 (India lost)
7. 112* Vs England, Delhi, October 17, 2011
8. 117 Vs West Indies,
Visakhapatnam, December 2, 2011
9. 133* Vs Sri Lanka, Hobart, February 28, 2012
10. 108 Vs Sri Lanka, Dhaka, March 13, 2012
11. 183 Vs Pakistan, Dhaka, March 18, 2012
12. 106 Vs Sri Lanka, Hambantota, July 21, 2012
13. 128* Vs Sri Lanka, Colombo (RPS), July 31, 2012
14. 102 Vs West Indies, Port of Spain, July 5, 2013
15. 115 Vs Zimbabwe, Harare, July 24, 2013
