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Asia Cup 2023 | Mohammed Siraj Congratulates Virat Kohli For Record Ton vs PAK

Aakash Saini

image-lmg1dro9Virat Kohli celebrates his 47th ODI century [X.com]

Team India pounded Pakistan by 228 runs, their record margin against arch-rivals, in their latest meeting this Asia Cup 2023 in Colombo. Senior Indian batsman Virat Kohli brandished his bat at Pakistan’s high-flying bowling attack for nearly 34 overs, listing an attacking 122*.

The cricketer arrived at the crease on Day 1 of the rain-marred ODI in the 17th over of his team’s innings and resumed his partnership with KL Rahul the following day as both plundered majestic centuries.

Kohli’s ton invited several unseen batting accolades for the legendary Player, and that too, apart from the courteous Player of the Match award.

His Indian teammate and co-RCB zealot Mohammed Siraj, who was part of India’s emphatic win, was quick to congratulate his senior after his record-shattering ton.


Siraj hails Kohli’s unreal ODI feat

Virat Kohli completed 13,000 ODI runs during the course of his batting hurricane against Pakistan. He unleashed 122 unbeaten runs from just 94 balls and catapulted his ODI tally to 13,024 runs from just 278 matches.

While Kohli became only the fifth batter in ODI history to unlock the 13,000-run mark, he became the fastest of them all to do so. Reaching the landmark figure in just his 267th innings, the batting veteran did so in 45 innings, lesser than all-time great Sachin Tendulkar and a staggering 140 innings lesser than fifth-quickest Sanath Jayasuriya.

Mohammed Siraj acknowledged the momentous occasion of his senior national and IPL teammate and congratulated him for scaling the milestone effortlessly. Siraj took to X (formerly Twitter) and wrote:

“Fastest to 13k ODI. Congratulations @imVkohli bhaiya. May you fly higher 🇮🇳🫡”

Virat Kohli and Mohammed Siraj will keep India’s Asia Cup 2023 campaign rolling with subsequent Super Four fixtures against Bangladesh and tournament co-hosts Sri Lanka.

The final is slated to be played on September 17 in Colombo, and the competition itself serves as one of India’s final set of fixtures in their race towards the ODI World Cup 2023 at home next month.