ICC World Cup 2023: Virat Kohli List of milestones; India batter goes on record-breaking spree during semifinal

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Virat Kohli became the first cricketer to hit 50 centuries in the ODI format as the 34-year-old batter played another big knock during the India vs New Zealand semifinal match at the ICC World Cup 2023. The match was played at the Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai.

Virat Kohli was dismissed after scoring 117 runs (113 balls) by Tim Southee. At the time of his dismissal, India were 327/2 at the end of the 44th over. There were plenty of other milestones the former India captain reached on the day and we take a look at them.

Most ODI hundreds
50 - Virat Kohli
49 - Sachin Tendulkar
31 - Rohit Sharma
30 - Ricky Ponting
28 - Sanath Jayasuriya

Interesting facts
6th century vs New Zealand
24th century in India
80th century in International cricket
35th century in Asia
6th century in 2023
6th century under Rohit Sharma's captaincy
23rd century in the first innings of the match
44th century in a day/night match
54th century in List A
43rd century while batting No.3
2nd century at Wankhede Stadium

Most runs in a single World Cup edition
700* - Virat Kohli (2023)
673 - Sachin Tendulkar (2003)
659 - Matthew Hayden (2007)
648 - Rohit Sharma (2019)
647 - David Warner (2019)

Most runs in ODIs
18426 - Sachin Tendulkar
14234 - Kumar Sangakkara
13705* - Virat Kohli
13704 - Ricky Ponting
13430 - Sanath Jayasuriya

Most hundreds in World Cups
7 - Rohit Sharma
6 - Sachin Tendulkar
6 - David Warner
5 - Ricky Ponting
5 - Kumar Sangakkara
5 - Virat Kohli

Most 50-plus scores in a World Cup edition
8 - Virat Kohli (2023)
7 - Sachin Tendulkar (2003)
7 - Shakib Al Hasan (2019)
6 - Rohit Sharma (2019)
6 - David Warner (2019)

India players with most consecutive 50-plus scores in World Cups
5 - Virat Kohli (2019)
4 - Sachin Tendulkar (1996)
4 - Sachin Tendulkar (2003)
4 - Navjot Singh Sidhu (1987)
4 - Shreyas Iyer (2023)

100-plus partnerships in CWC knockouts for India
256 - Virat Kohli & Shreyas Iyer vs NZ, Mumbai WS, 2023 SF
122 - Rohit Sharma & Suresh Raina vs BAN, Melbourne, 2015 QF
116 - MS Dhoni & Ravindra Jadeja vs NZ, Manchester, 2019 SF
109 - Gautam Gambhir & MS Dhoni vs SL, Mumbai WS, 2011 Final
103 - Sachin Tendulkar & Sourav Ganguly vs KEN, Durban, 2003 SF

Most 50-plus scores in international cricket
264 - Sachin Tendulkar
217 - Ricky Ponting
217 - Virat Kohli
216 - Kumar Sangakkara
211 - Jacques Kallis