Most ODI Centuries Record: Virat Kohli says, 'I am contended, not desperate for MILESTONE': Follow IND vs NZ LIVE

Most ODI Centuries Record – Virat Kohli ODI Centuries: Virat Kohli is now just 3 steps away from reaching where MASTERO Sachin Tendulkar reached during his stellar career. Kohli now has 46 Hundreds to Sachin’s 49. Will he SURPASS his idol? What does he feel about it? Kohli says, he is very ‘contended, not desperate for MILESTONE’: Follow IND vs NZ LIVE updates with InsideSport.IN

“Ever since I came back from the break, I am feeling good and I don’t have any desperation anymore to get to a milestone,”

Kohli said. “I want to continue being in this space where I am relaxed and content with how I am playing, and that for me is the most important thing. Today I was happy to be batting out there, and in that space I ended up playing my best cricket.

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Kohli scored a magnificent 166 not out (110 balls), his third century in the last four matches. Kohli also surpassed Sri Lankan great Mahela Jayawardene’s 12,650 ODI runs to enter the top five all-time run getters.

“It (the awards) is the by-product of the intent I have,” Kohli, who hit his 74th international century, said after being named man of the match and series.

Mindset is always to help the team as much as I can, bat for as long as possible and put the team in a strong position. I have always played for the right reasons, to help the team as much as possible.” Former captain Kohli has been in blazing form since coming out of an extended lean patch last year when he spoke about his mental struggles during the phase.

**Most hundreds**
Player	Span	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Ave	BF	SR	100	50	0	4s	6s
Sachin Tendulkar	1989-2012	463	452	41	18426	200*	44.83	21368	86.23	49	96	20	2016	195
Virat Kohli	2008-2023	268	259	40	12754	183	58.23	13614	93.68	46	64	15	1198	136
Ricky Ponting	1995-2012	375	365	39	13704	164	42.03	17046	80.39	30	82	20	1231	162
Rohit Sharma	2007-2023	238	231	34	9596	264	48.71	10709	89.60	29	47	14	876	263
Sanath Jayasuriya	1989-2011	445	433	18	13430	189	32.36	14725	91.20	28	68	34	1500	27

When Kohli was stuck on 43 ODI tons between August 2019 and November 2022, the discussion of ‘when’ had transformed to ‘whether’ he would be able to make it past Sachin’s record of 49 tons in the format.

But with Kohli resuming his duty of scoring hundreds at will, and clobbering three tons in just four innings, Gavaskar, in conversation with Sports Tak, predicted that it could well happen before the start of the impending IPL season.

“The form that he is in, the way that he is playing right now…now we have three matches against New Zealand and three more against Australia. So we have six ODIs before IPL. And all he needs his three centuries. The way he is batting right now, why shouldn’t we feel that those three hundreds happen before the IPL,” he said.

India play three ODIs against New Zealand and then against Australia before IPL. The form Kohli is in, the former India captain might just find himself at the top of the elite ODI chart very soon.

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