In a match against Sri Lanka in 2009, while Kohli was playing at the same location, he scored his first century in a One-Day International match. It had taken him 277 innings to score 49 hundreds in the format, but it had taken Tendulkar 438 innings to do the same thing.

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After Kohli’s monumental achievement on Sunday, India’s former head coach Ravi Shastri heaped admiration on the batter and drew comparisons to the time when Sachin Tendulkar, often known as the “master blaster,” was attempting to break Sunil Gavaskar’s record for most consecutive centuries scored in Test matches. Tendulkar tied Gavaskar in 2004 for the record of most tons scored in the longest format with 34, which had previously been held by the India legend.

“I can’t believe it. Record collecting is a national pastime in the United States. Our fixation is on dozens of hundreds. And Sunny was the one who started the trend. When Sachin Tendulkar was trying to get his 34th, I recall that it wasn’t an easy task. He suffered through a great deal of insomnia and would finally break out of it in the 1970s and 1980s.

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And it took some time, just like it has taken Virat Kohli,” Shastri said during the mid-innings show on Star Sports following Kohli’s century, which equaled the record for the most runs scored in an innings.

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“Today’s innings were played with a lot of strategy. When the ball was approaching the bat, he got an early and quick start. And after the ball began to drip, it became far more difficult to select the bowlers. As a result, he took the pressure in stride, bided his time, and then raised the stakes,” Shastri explained further.

This was Kohli’s second century in the ongoing World Cup tournament; his first century came against Bangladesh a month ago (103*). Kohli has had an outstanding performance so far in the World Cup.

He also has five half-centuries in the 2023 tournament. Kohli came very close to equaling Tendulkar’s record twice, once against New Zealand and once against Sri Lanka. He has five half-centuries in the 2023 tournament. However, he was dismissed with only five runs remaining until he reached his century against the New Zealanders. In Mumbai, he hit an impressive 88 runs against the islanders.

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Between September 2018 and March 2019, Rayudu became India’s No. 4 batting solution. Rayudu scored 639 runs in 21 ODIs over a six-month span, including one century and four fifties, following his participation in the 2018 IPL, where he attained his T20 batting peak by smashing 602 runs. And while these weren’t terrible figures by any stretch of the imagination, Rayudu was surprisingly left out of India’s World Cup squad for England. They instead proceeded with KL Rahul as their No. 4 and brought in all-rounder Vijay Shankar based on his IPL performances that year – an experiment whose strata unraveled as the tournament progressed.

Kumble calls Rayudu’s 2019 World Cup drop a blunder

Anil Kumble, a legend of Indian bowling, considers it a “mistake” that Rayudu did not board the flight to England four years after that controversial decision. Rayudu had just ended a magnificent career. After six months of preparation, the former India coach believes it was a major mistake for then-captain Virat Kohli and coach Ravi Shastri to leave Rayudu off the team at the last minute.

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“Rayudu ought to have participated in the 2019 World Cup. Yes, there is no question about it. It was a monumental error. You spent so much time preparing him for this role, yet his name suddenly vanishes from the squad. It was nonetheless startling,” Kumble said on Jio Cinema when the IPL 2023 final was postponed due to rain following the Gujarat Titans’ innings.

What happened to Rayudu after 2019 World Cup omission?

The decision to exclude Rayudu had significant repercussions. Rayudu tweeted, “Just ordered a new pair of 3D glasses to watch the World Cup” in response to former chief selector MSK Prasad’s remark that “Vijay Shankar is a 3D (3-dimensional) player.” Rayudu even momentarily announced his retirement during India’s World Cup campaign, before retracting the statement. Rayudu never played for India again, which will go down in history as one of the most enigmatic conclusions to an international career.

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