The unstoppable Virat Kohli added another glorious chapter to his career by hitting his 55th ODI century in the opening fixture against the West Indies at Thiruvananthapuram, where his unbeaten 139 engineered a comprehensive victory for India while allowing him to equal the legendary Sunil Gavaskar in a major milestone. Gavaskar, who carved out a legendary reputation for his phenomenal batting against the West Indies, now finds himself tied with Kohli at the top for the most centuries against the Caribbean team, with Kohli leveling Gavaskar’s record of 13 hundreds against the opposition achieved across 74 matches compared to Gavaskar’s 38 games. Alongside matching Gavaskar, Kohli also surpassed the great Sachin Tendulkar across multiple metrics, etching his name in history as the fastest batter in ODI format to reach 15,000 runs and surpassing Tendulkar’s milestone of 6,976 runs to become the leading run-scorer in ODIs on Indian soil with 7,006 runs to his name. Through his masterclass in Thiruvananthapuram, Kohli also set another impressive record by accumulating the highest number of runs (338) without getting out at a single specific venue in ODI cricket. Following this feat, Kohli is now level with Tendulkar on 59 List A centuries, needing just one more hundred to surpass the cricket icon for the most international centuries scored at home. Before this match began, Kohli had accumulated 14,941 runs at a remarkable average of 58.59, consisting of 54 centuries, 79 fifties, and a career-high ODI score of 183. This landmark performance solidifies his second spot on the all-time ODI run-
