The second match of the three-match ODI series between India and South Africa is being played at the Boland Park Stadium. In the second ODI, Indian captain KL Rahul won the toss and decided to bat first. Shikhar Dhawan-Rahul's opening pair got India off to a great start. However, the African spinners gave a big blow to India by taking the wickets of Dhawan and Virat Kohli within 7 balls. Dhawan made 29 runs on the ball of Aiden Markram while Kohli gave his wicket on the ball of Keshav Maharaj without opening the account.
The first wicket of the Indian innings fell in the 12th over when Shikhar Dhawan was caught by Sisanga Magala at the boundary in the process of playing a big shot off Markram. After this, King Kohli landed at number three. In the very next over, Kohli gave a simple catch to captain Temba Bavuma off Keshav Maharaj. He played 5 balls but failed to open the account. This was the 14th zero score of Virat Kohli's ODI career, but this was the first time that a spinner had dismissed Kohli on the score of zero.
With this, the wait for Virat Kohli's international century has increased further. Kohli last scored a century in the Kolkata Day-Night Test against Bangladesh in November 2019. Since then, he has failed to score a century in 64 international innings. During this, Kohli has been out on the score of zero seven times. Talking about the overall career, Kohli has been out on the score of zero 14 times in Tests and ODIs while three times in T20 Internationals.
Virat Kohli has so far scored 12220 runs in 256 ODIs at an average of 58.75. He has 43 centuries and 63 half-centuries to his name. The striker rate is 93. He is the international player to score the most centuries in ODIs after Sachin Tendulkar (49).
