The new era of Team India has been announced and it will enter it in a few days. The journey of the Indian team with the new coach Gautam Gambhir will begin in Sri Lanka from July 27. This journey will begin with the T20 series, where the Indian team will enter as the world champion, but everyone will be waiting for the ODI series starting from August 2 because captain Rohit Sharma and star batsman Virat Kohli will return to the field here. Especially, eyes will be on Kohli because in these 3 matches, he can do something that will happen for the first time, for which 7 years have been awaited.

After going through a bad form for about two and a half years, Virat Kohli has regained his old rhythm. This was seen in the ODI World Cup last year and then in IPL 2024. A lot of runs have come from his bat and once again he is preparing for it. Now if we are talking about Kohli, then there is bound to be a discussion about centuries, because he has the highest number of 50 centuries in ODI cricket. He is the first batsman to do so.

After 7 years it is the turn of explosive batting

Now he can do something in Sri Lanka which has never happened before. For this, there is a full opportunity to capitalize on the 3 ODI matches. Anyway, Kohli is visiting Sri Lanka for the first time after 2017 for the ODI series. In such a situation, he will leave no stone unturned to make the 7-year wait special. The legendary Indian batsman has a great record in Sri Lanka, which he can make even more memorable, for this he needs just one century. Yes, with one century Virat will come ahead of everyone. If he does this, then he will become the foreign batsman with the most ODI centuries on Sri Lankan soil.

will become the first batsman

Virat has played a total of 28 matches in Sri Lanka till date and has scored 1028 runs, which includes 5 centuries. In this case, Kohli is at par with the great Indian batsman Sachin, who has scored only 5 centuries. That means Virat will create a world record with one century. Not only this, if he scores centuries in all three matches, then he will equal Sachin's record of scoring the most centuries in Sri Lanka in all three formats combined. Sachin has scored a total of 10 centuries (5 Tests, 5 ODIs) in Sri Lanka. Virat currently has 7 centuries to his name, out of which 2 have come in Test matches. That means this ODI series is going to be very special for cricket fans.