Virat Kohli took just 83 balls to register his first hundred in the Vijay Hazare Trophy, thus putting Delhi in driver's seat against Andhra Pradesh on Wednesday at the BCCI's Centre of Excellence ground in Bengaluru. Chasing 299 runs for victory, Kohli and Priyansh Arya laid the platform after an early dismissal of Arpit Rana for a duck.
The Kohli-Arya duo forged a 113-run stand for the second wicket, thus leaving the opposition with no answers as Kohli played his shots all round the ground to bring up his 58th List A hundred. This was his fifth hundred for Delhi, while the rest have come in international cricket.
With this hundred, Kohli also shortened the gap with legendary Sachin Tendulkar for most List A hundreds in a career. Tendulkar finished at 60. In the process, Kohli also completed 1000 runs for Delhi in one-day cricket. Kohli has been in sublime form since he returned to cricket in Australia.
Virat Kohli's sublime form
Although he started with two consecutive ducks against Australia, but since then the right-hander has never looked back. He marked his return to form with an unbeaten 76 against Australia in the third ODI before smashing two consecutive hundreds against South Africa at home.
He could have registered three back-to-back centuries for India against the Proteas, had the target been a bit more. Thus Kohli now has three hundreds in his last four innings in cricket.
Virat Kohli's Vijay Hazare Trophy hundreds
When was the last time
The last time Kohli played a match in the Vijay Hazare Trophy was in 2010, against Services on 18 February 2010, at the Tata Energy Research Institute Oval ground in Gurgaon. He was Delhi's captain at that time.
In that game, Kohli managed just 16 runs after coming to bat at no.5. Interestingly, current BCCI president Mithun Manhas had scored a hundred, thus powering Delhi to a 13-run win.
Kohli played in VHT?
The last time Kohli played a match in the Vijay Hazare Trophy was back in 2010 against Services on February 18, 2010 at the Tata Energy Research Institute Oval ground in Gurgaon. He was the Delhi's captain that time.
In that game, Kohli managed just 16 runs after coming to bat at no.5. Interestingly, current BCCI president Mithun Manhas had scored a hundred, thus powering Delhi to a 13-run win.