Overview
- Virat Kohli followed 135 in Ranchi with 102 in Raipur to reach 53 ODI centuries and 84 international hundreds.
- Kohli and Ruturaj Gaikwad added 195 as India posted 358, but South Africa chased successfully to level the series 1-1 ahead of Saturday’s Visakhapatnam finale.
- ACA officials said Phase 2 and 3 ticket batches for the Vizag ODI “vanished in minutes” after Kohli’s Ranchi hundred, with all seats sold online.
- Ravichandran Ashwin read Kohli’s animated celebrations as a message to doubters tied to his Test retirement, noting the batter’s agreement to play the Vijay Hazare Trophy.
- Former players including Zaheer Khan, Ravi Shastri, Harbhajan Singh and Aakash Chopra backed Kohli’s central role, calling a run at Sachin Tendulkar’s 100-century mark possible yet difficult.