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Virat Kohli made another world record, became the first player in the world to do so

Samira Vishwas | December 4, 2025 7:24 PM CST

Yes, that is what has happened. First of all, know that in this match, Virat Kohli faced 93 balls in his innings and scored 102 runs by hitting 7 fours and 2 sixes. This is Virat Kohli’s 11th international century against South Africa, with which he has now become the first player in the world to score more than 10 centuries at the international level against four teams.

Virat Kohli created a world record by doing this feat against Australia, Sri Lanka, West Indies and South Africa. After Virat, there are legendary players like Sachin Tendulkar, Ricky Ponting, and Kumar Sangakkara in this list who scored more than 10 centuries against three teams in their international career.

Apart from this, also know that Virat Kohli has equaled a big record of the God of Cricket Sachin Tendulkar. Actually, Virat has scored his 13th century while batting in the first innings in ODI cricket at home (India), with which he has become the player who has scored the most centuries during the first innings in ODI cricket at home, equaling Sachin Tendulkar. He achieved this feat in 58 innings, while Sachin batted in the first innings in 75 ODI matches in India in his career and scored 13 centuries.

If we talk about Raipur ODI, then South Africa won the toss and chose to bowl first, after which the Indian team scored 358 runs in 50 overs on the basis of century innings by Virat Kohli and Ruturaj Gaikwad. To win this match from here, South Africa will have to achieve a big target of 359 runs in 50 overs.

Both teams are like this

India (Playing XI): Yashasvi Jaiswal, Rohit Sharma, Virat Kohli, Ruturaj Gaikwad, KL Rahul (wicket keeper), Ravindra Jadeja, Washington Sundar, Harshit Rana, Kuldeep Yadav, Arshdeep Singh, Prasidh Krishna.

South Africa (Playing XI): Quinton de Kock (wk), Aiden Markram, Temba Bavuma (c), Matthew Bretzek, Tony De Jorzi, Dewald Brevis, Marco Jansen, Corbin Bosch, Keshav Maharaj, Nandre Berger, Lungi Ngidi.