V Kohli becomes the ninth batsman to score three centuries in a bilateral one day series

V Kohli becomes the ninth batsman to score three centuries in a bilateral one day series

V Kohli of India scored three centuries – 112 at Durban, 160 not out at Cape Town and 129 not out at Centurion – against South Africa in the just concluded six-match one  day series to earn the distinction of becoming the ninth batsman to score three centuries in a bilateral one day series  irrespective of the matches played in the series in  the  annals of one day games. All such occasions are tabulated below in its chronological order.

No Batsman No Runs Inns Team Oppn Ground Start Date
1 Zaheer Abbas 1 118 1 Pak Ind Multan 17 Dec 1982
    2 105 1 Pak Ind Lahore 31 Dec 1982
    3 113 2 Pak Ind Karachi 21 Jan 1983
                 
2 DL Haynes 1 133* 2 Win Aus Albion 29 Feb 1984
    2 102* 2 Win Aus Castries 19 Apr 1984
    3 104* 2 Win Aus Kingston 26 Apr 1984
                 
3 CH Gayle 1 103 2 Win Ind Nagpur 09 Nov 2002
    2 140 1 Win Ind Ahmedabad 15 Nov 2002
    3 101 2 Win Ind Vadodara 18 Nov 2002
                 
4 KP Pietersn 1 108* 1 Eng RSA Bloemfontein 02 Feb 2005
    2 100* 2 Eng RSA East London 09 Feb 2005
    3 116 1 Eng RSA Centurion 13 Feb 2005
                 
5 Q de Kock 1 135 1 RSA Ind Johannesburg 05 Dec 2013
    2 106 1 RSA Ind Durban 08 Dec 2013
    3 101 1 RSA Ind Centurion 11 Dec 2013
                 
6 Mohd  Hafeez 1 122 1 Pak Srl Sharjah 18 Dec 2013
    2 140* 1 Pak Srl Sharjah 22 Dec 2013
    3 113* 2 Pak Srl Abu Dhabi 25 Dec 2013
                 
7 AB de Villiers 1 104* 1 RSA Ind Kanpur 11 Oct 2015
    2 112 2 RSA Ind Chennai 22 Oct 2015
    3 119 1 RSA Ind Mumbai 25 Oct 2015
                 
8 Babar Azam 1 120 1 Pak Win Sharjah 30 Sep 2016
    2 123 1 Pak Win Sharjah 02 Oct 2016
    3 117 1 Pak Win Abu Dhabi 05 Oct 2016
                 
9 V Kohli 1 112 2 Ind RSA Durban 01 Feb 2018
    2 160* 1 Ind RSA Cape Town 07 Feb 2018
    3 129* 2 Ind RSA Centurion 16 Feb 2018

 

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