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The series between India and Sri Lanka will start with the T20 format, in which the first match will be played on July 27, but everyone is waiting for August 2, when legends like Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma, who have retired from T20 International, will return to the field.
The new era of Team India has been announced and it will be entered in a few days. The journey of the Indian team with the new coach Gautam Gambhir will begin in Sri Lanka from July 27. This journey will begin with the T20 series, where the Indian team will enter as the world champion, but everyone will be waiting for the ODI series starting from August 2 because here captain Rohit Sharma and star batsman Virat Kohli will return to the field. Especially, eyes will be on Kohli because in these 3 matches, he can do something that will happen for the first time, which has been waited for 7 years.
After going through a bad form for about two and a half years, Virat Kohli has regained his old rhythm. A glimpse of this was seen in the ODI World Cup last year and then in IPL 2024. A lot of runs have come from his bat and once again he is busy preparing for it. Now if we are talking about Kohli, then it is natural to discuss centuries, because he has the highest number of 50 centuries in ODI cricket. He is the first batsman to do so.
After 7 years it's time for explosive batting
Now he can do something in Sri Lanka which has never happened before. For this, there is a full opportunity to capitalize on the 3 ODI matches. Anyway, Kohli is going on a Sri Lanka tour for the ODI series for the first time since 2017. In such a situation, he will leave no stone unturned to make the 7-year wait special. The legendary Indian batsman has a great record in Sri Lanka, which he can make even more memorable, for this he just needs a century. Yes, with a century, Virat will come ahead of everyone. If he does this, he will become the foreign batsman to score the most ODI centuries on Sri Lankan soil.
will be the first batsman
Virat has played a total of 28 matches in Sri Lanka so far and has scored 1028 runs, which includes 5 centuries. In this case, Kohli is at par with the great Indian batsman Sachin, who has scored only 5 centuries. That is, Virat will create a world record as soon as he scores a century. Not only this, if he scores centuries in all three matches, then he will equal Sachin's record of scoring the most centuries in Sri Lanka in all three formats combined. Sachin has scored a total of 10 centuries (5 Tests, 5 ODIs) in Sri Lanka. Virat currently has 7 centuries to his name, out of which 2 have come in Test matches. That is, this ODI series is going to be very special for cricket fans.