New Delhi. Ever since Virat Kohli stepped into international cricket, it has been believed that many records of the great batsman Sachin Tendulkar will be broken by his bat. Kohli has also shown this by doing it. On this day, i.e. November 5, Kohli equaled a special record of Sachin. Kohli scored a century and did a great job. This century was special because with this Kohli equaled Sachin's 49 ODI centuries and he did this on his birthday. Kohli's birthday is on November 5.

Last year, India hosted the ODI World Cup. Team India reached the final but could not win. Australia defeated them in the title match. However, Kohli first equaled Sachin in this World Cup and then surpassed him.

Explosion in Eden Gardens

On November 5, his birthday, Kohli made amazing blasts with his bat at Eden Gardens, Kolkata. The opponent was South Africa, which was playing a strong game in this World Cup. It was not easy to defeat this team, but Kohli's bat worked and the South African bowlers trembled. Kohli scored a century in this match and equaled Sachin's 49 centuries and sat on the number-1 position with the Master Blaster in terms of scoring the most centuries in ODIs.

Kohli played an innings of 101 runs in 121 balls which included 10 fours. Apart from him, Shreyas Iyer scored 77 runs. On the basis of these two innings, India scored 326 runs for the loss of five wickets. After this, the South African team could not stand in front of Ravindra Jadeja's havoc and collapsed for just 83 runs. Jadeja took five wickets. Mohammed Shami and Kuldeep Yadav got two wickets each. Mohammed Siraj got one wicket.

Record broken after 10 days

Team India reached the semi-finals with a great performance. It faced New Zealand in the semi-finals on 15 November. 10 days after his birthday, Kohli came to Mumbai's Wankhede Stadium and went ahead of Sachin Tendulkar. Kohli scored a century in this match and with this he broke Sachin's record of most centuries in ODIs and made it his own. Kohli did this in front of Sachin. Kohli scored 117 runs against New Zealand. Iyer scored 105 runs and India scored a huge score of 397 runs. New Zealand was able to score only 327 runs.