The road to 101: Kohli's final stretch
Virat Kohli has 86 international hundreds and 33 matches left before the 2027 World Cup. Only Sachin Tendulkar has reached 100. A stop-by-stop map of how Kohli could get to 101.
Key points
- 15 hundreds in 33 games would take him to 101 and the outright record.
- New Zealand away is the toughest stop; Sri Lanka at home is his happiest matchup.
- The plan ends with four hundreds in 13 World Cup games in South Africa.
Read the transcript
This is Virat Kohli. 86 international hundreds, and he isn't finished. 100 international hundreds: only Sachin Tendulkar has ever got there. One more after that and the record belongs to Kohli.
15 hundreds in 33 games. Now, let's build it. New Zealand first, and it's the toughest stop on the road. He needs two in five.
88. Sri Lanka at home is his happiest matchup. Two more. 90.
Zimbabwe has to be where he cashes in. 92. Bangladesh away. Two more.
94. Then the Asia Cup on the same soil, and this is the sleeper. He needs three in six. 97.
And that leaves the World Cup. Australia in Cape Town. Pakistan in Johannesburg. 13 games, four hundreds, and the last of them on the biggest stage of his life.
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