Virat Kohli’s sensational 135 in Ranchi reportedly sparked a surge in ticket sales for the India vs South Africa 3rd ODI, which will be played in Vizag.

Ticket sales for the December 6 clash at the Dr. Y.S. Rajasekhara Reddy ACA-VDCA Stadium initially started slowly.

Kohli followed up his sublime 135 in the series opener in Ranchi with another brilliantly paced hundred in the second ODI against South Africa at the Shaheed Veer Narayan Singh Stadium in Raipur. The 37-year-old reached his 53rd ODI century off 90 balls, marking the 84th international hundred of his iconic career.

In this article, we take a look at four batters who have scored 10 centuries across decades in the format, including Virat Kohli. Virat Kohli scored 9,779 runs in 211 matches in his first decade in ODI cricket, hitting a record 35 centuries. Since then, he has amassed 4,713 runs in 96 ODIs with the help of 18 tons.

R. Ashwin decoded Virat Kohli's century celebrations and said he is out there to prove a point., Cricket, Times Now

Virat Kohli delivered a direct and a few nuanced explanations following his powerful statement with the bat in the first ODI between India and South Africa in Ranchi on Sunday. The media's nudge-and-wink rumors that Kohli and Rohit Sharma were being asked by the BCCI to come out of Test retirements turned out to be wishful thinking.

Veteran India batter Virat Kohli is reportedly set to feature in the upcoming Vijay Hazare Trophy (VHT) 2025-26 season.

Though Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli have retired from Tests and T20Is, the BCCI expects the two stalwarts to feature in the upcoming Vijay Hazare Trophy if they are to remain part of the ODI side in the build-up to the 2027 ICC World Cup in South Africa.