Misfortune chasing Kohli...!? Misses the century again..!?

Sowmiya Sriram
Misfortune chasing Kohli...!? Misses the century again..!?

Virat kohli disappointed as he neared his record century in today's match against sri lanka in the world cup series. In the 33rd league match of the ongoing ICC Men's world cup (ICC world cup 2023), india and sri lanka will face each other. The match is being held at the Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai. In this, the Sri Lankan team captain who won the toss invited the indian team to bat first. In that way, opener and captain rohit sharma was dismissed for 4 runs in the first over bowled by Madhushanka. Shubman Gill-Virat then put up a partnership of 150+ runs. In that, Shubman Gill scored 92 runs in 92 balls including 11 fours and 2 sixes, and lost to Madhushanka. Likewise, virat kohli was dismissed for 88 runs in the next over by Dilshan Madushanka. He had hit a total of 11 fours in 94 balls.
Virat kohli was expected to equal Sachin Tendulkar's highest century in ODIs. But, unfortunately, virat kohli was dismissed without completing the century. Sachin has scored a total of 49 centuries in ODIs. virat kohli has completed 48 centuries so far. virat kohli was expected to surpass Sachin's record as he was the highest scorer in ODIs. In this, virat kohli got out after scoring 95 runs in the league match against the new zealand team in Dharamsala a few days ago. While that was also a big disappointment, Gill and Virat were the Sri Lankan bowlers in today's match.
Also, while both of them were rushing towards the century, Gill got out in the 30th over and virat kohli was shocked by not completing the 32nd century.Indian team scored 199 runs after losing 3 wickets at the end of 32 overs. shreyas iyer - KL rahul are in the field. Madhushanka took a total of 3 wickets. It is expected that india will touch 300 runs for the first time in the current series.
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