Amitabh Bachchan has a hit movie… Sharabi… It has a song, lyrics written by Anjan and music by Bappi Laheri… It is sung by Kishore Kumar and Asha Bhonsle… The song is, Intaha Ho. Some news of Gayi, Intezaar Ki, Ayi Na, Mere Yaar Ki… Whether one remembers the movie Sharabi or not these days, this song is still on people’s lips…
On the lines of this song, Sachin Tendulkar’s fans also waited for a long time for his 50th century in ODIs… waited a long time, but the awaited news did not come… and then on March 18, 2012, Sachin retired from ODI cricket. . Retired…
Now, almost 11 years after Sachin’s retirement, that wait has come to an end for one of Sachin’s own fans…that too at Sachin’s home ground Wankhede…the same date on November 15th when Sachin Tendulkar played his first international match…
On a ground that echoed Sachin-Sachin for decades, Kohli wrote his batting legend… Virat Kohli took two after 98 in the World Cup semi-final against New Zealand. , the entire ground erupted in excitement… Sachin, who was present on the field, greeted the record with thunderous applause… He kept watching the record as Kohli passed the football to his other hero David Beckham during the pre-match warm-up. side. did…
Virat Kohli, who made his ODI debut on 18 August 2008, managed his career exactly the way his innings is today… quite restrained… took time. Continued to play single-double. While hitting the weak ball hard… the spectators felt that the strike was just spinning, but a big figure appeared on the score board… and from 2008 to 2023, where Kohli became King Kohli… scored 50 ODI centuries. A huge one. Kohli…
Sachin Tendulkar scored 673 runs in one edition of the world cup… but Virat Kohli scored 711 runs till semi-final… so Virat surpassed his hero Sachin in record and performance… exactly today’s innings. Like… in front of God, one of his fans drew a line bigger than…
Virat Kohli, who came to the Indian team with cap number 175 at the age of 21, completed this figure of 49 centuries by playing 175 innings less than Sachin. And in the 291st ODI, he ended the wait by scoring his 50th century, for which Sachin disappointed all his fans… cap number 175 came ahead of cap number 74… and jersey number 33 went from 99 to 10. Kohli, wearing this number 18 jersey, created history by breaking the milestone record of the man who made the jersey iconic.
Even a look at this innings of Kohli shows the fitness of the 21 year old Kohli… The same is the hunger to score runs and the sparkle in the eyes deepens with every century… He will bring it in the coming times. More success to Indian cricket. How far he will go is in the womb of time, but it would be every batsman’s dream to reach where he has reached by 15 November 2023… if cricket is a religion and Sachin is regarded as God. , so now what is this Virat, he left this question in the wankhed…
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Tags: India vs New Zealand, The numbers game, Sachin Tendulkar, Virat Kohli, World Cup 2023
First published: November 16, 2023, 08:48 IST