Virat Kohli falls in nervous nineties for 8th time in 309 ODI innings

Kohli missed the chance of scoring his 85th international ton after being dismissed seven short of the three-digit mark against New Zealand

India’s star batter Virat Kohli is showing no signs of slowing down anytime soon as he played yet another match-defining knock while leading the chase for India in the first ODI against New Zealand at Vadodara’s Kotambi Stadium on Sunday.

 

Kohli came out to bat after India lost Rohit Sharma early in the 301-run chase and scored a brilliant 93 runs off just 91 balls, with the help of eight fours and one six. Kohli, who already leads the list of players with the most centuries in ODIs, missed the chance of closing the gap on Sachin Tendulkar’s all-time record of 100 international centuries (51 in Tests and 49 in ODIs), as he still remains on 84 overall tons in international cricket.

 

 

Earlier in the innings, when Kohli reached the 42-run mark in his innings, he broke Kumar Sangakkara’s record for the most runs in international cricket and climbed to number two spot in the list. Notably, Sachin Tendulkar is the only player ahead of him on that list too. 

Players with most centuries in international cricket

Player	Span	Matches	Innings	Runs	Highest Score	Hundreds	Fifties
SR Tendulkar (IND)	1989-2013	664	782	34357	248*	100	164
V Kohli (IND)	2008-2025	556	623	27975	254*	85	145
RT Ponting (AUS)	1995-2012	560	668	27483	257	71	146
KC Sangakkara (SL)	2000-2015	594	666	28016	319	63	153
JH Kallis (SA)	1995-2014	519	617	25534	224	62	149
JE Root (ENG)	2012-2026	381	503	22166	262	60	114
HM Amla (SA)	2004-2019	349	437	18672	311*	55	88
DPMD Jayawardene (SL)	1997-2015	652	725	25957	374	54	136
BC Lara (WI)	1990-2007	430	521	22358	400*	53	111
RG Sharma (IND)	2007-2025	505	538	20048	264	50	111
SPD Smith (AUS)	2010-2026	360	429	17657	239	49	84
DA Warner (AUS)	2009-2024	383	474	18995	335*	49	98
KS Williamson (NZ)	2010-2025	376	449	19292	251	48	103
R Dravid (IND)	1996-2012	509	605	24208	270	48	146
AB de Villiers (SA)	2004-2018	420	484	20014	278*	47	109

Full list of Kohli’s nervous 90’s in ODIs

Score	Opposition	Ground	Date
91	v Bangladesh	Mirpur	07-Jan-10
94	v West Indies	Kingston	16-Jun-11
94	v West Indies	Kingston	16-Jun-11
99	v West Indies	Visakhapatnam	24-Nov-13
91	v Australia	W.A.C.A	12-Jan-16
92	v Australia	Eden Gardens	21-Sep-17
95	v New Zealand	Dharamsala	22-Oct-23
93	v New Zealand	Vadodara	11-Jan-26