{"id":346733,"date":"2023-11-15T13:05:38","date_gmt":"2023-11-15T14:05:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=346733"},"modified":"2023-11-15T18:01:12","modified_gmt":"2023-11-15T18:01:12","slug":"special-coincidence-behind-kohli-feat-as-world-reacts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=346733","title":{"rendered":"Special coincidence behind Kohli feat as world reacts"},"content":{"rendered":"

V\ufeffirat Kohli's 50th ODI hundred<\/a> came incredibly on the same date as Sachin Tendulkar<\/a>'s last innings in international cricket.<\/p>\n

On November 15, 2013, \ufeffTendulkar waved goodbye to his fans after he scored 74 against the West Indies in his final Test match. Incredibly, Kohli<\/a>'s ton that passed Tendulkar's ODI record for most hundreds came exactly 10 years later.<\/p>\n

The two matches were also played at Wankhede.<\/p>\n

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Kohli was superb in his innings of 117<\/a>, hardly giving away a chance.<\/p>\n

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Upon bringing up his hundred, the 35-year-old fell to his knees and bowed in praise towards Tendulkar while also blowing a kiss to his wife\ufeff, Indian actress Anushka Sharma.<\/p>\n

Tendulkar posted a heartfelt message for Kohli on social media, describing it as the "icing on the cake" to see the feat achieved at his home ground.<\/p>\n

"The first time I met you in the Indian dressing room, you were pranked by other teammates into touching my feet," he posted on X.<\/p>\n

https:\/\/twitter.com\/sachin_rt\/status\/1724760546342486345?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw<\/a><\/p>\n

"I couldn't stop laughing that day. But soon, you touched my heart with your passion and skill.<\/p>\n

"I am so happy that that young boy has grown into a 'Virat' player.<\/p>\n

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"I couldn't be happier that an Indian broke my record. And to do it on the biggest stage – in the World Cup Semi-final – and at my home ground is the icing on the cake.\ufeff"<\/p>\n

Australian cricket legend Lisa Sthalekar predicted Kohli may have one more milestone up his sleeve for the World Cup final. \ufeff<\/p>\n

https:\/\/twitter.com\/ESPNcricinfo\/status\/1724766699378123099?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw<\/a>https:\/\/twitter.com\/VVSLaxman281\/status\/1724771569879158937?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw<\/a>https:\/\/twitter.com\/sthalekar93\/status\/1724754346989261302?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw<\/a>https:\/\/twitter.com\/ImRaina\/status\/1724756443897958616?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw<\/a><\/p>\n

Kohli's ton came with superstar sportsperson David Beckham in the stands, present at the ground in his role as a UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador.\ufeff<\/p>\n

Kohli has the most Instagram followers for any Indian athlete with 263 million.<\/p>\n

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\ufeffFor overall accounts, Kohli is 16th with the official Instagram account first on 649 million followers.<\/p>\n

Cristiano Ronaldo is second with 593 million. \ufeff<\/p>\n

Just in front of Kohli is Taylor Swift on 265 million while behind him is Jennifer Lopez on 248 million. \ufeff<\/p>\n

Beckham is 44th with 85.1 million. \ufeff<\/p>\n

https:\/\/twitter.com\/irbishi\/status\/1724755111279554579?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

V\ufeffirat Kohli's 50th ODI hundred came incredibly on the same date as Sachin Tendulkar's last innings in international cricket. On November 15, 2013, \ufeffTendulkar waved […]<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":346735,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/346733"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=346733"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/346733\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":346738,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/346733\/revisions\/346738"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/346735"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=346733"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=346733"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=346733"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}