BCCI's throwback to Virat Kohli's first century on his 31st birthday

On occasion of Virat Kohli's birthday,  Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) shared a video that showed clips from Kohli's first hundred for India. India's captain turns 31 on Tuesday, vember 5.

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Maiden century in 2008

Kohli's first century came against Sri Lanka in Kolkata in December 2009 when he scored 107 runs and formed a formidable partnership with Gautam Gambhir to help India push towards target of 315 that was set by away side. youngster's performance was so good that Gambhir, who received Man of Match award for his unbeatable kck of 150, said he handed over award to Kohli. 

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Kohli is regarded as one of best batsmen in world and has earned reputation of being a great leer after a number of performances that have helped India win series, if t individual matches. Since he has started his international career, he has scored 21036 runs in 393 matches. In Test matches, he has scored 7066 runs in 82 matches, in ODI matches, he has scored 11,520 runs in 239 matches and he has scored 2450 matches in 72 matches. 

Kohli has scored 26 centuries in Test cricket and 43 centuries in ODI cricket. His batting performances have le to many fans and analysts comparing him to India's greatest batsman, Sachin Tendulkar. praises do t stop for Kohli, who is currently second on list of ICC Rankings of Test batsmen and tops list for One Day International (ODI) rankings. Recently Michael Vaughan, replying to a user's question, picked Kohli as number one batsman for all three formats of game. 

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