Delhi: Indian team's legendary batsman Virat Kohli will be seen in action in the three-match ODI series against Sri Lanka starting from August 2. In such a situation, Kohli is on the verge of breaking a big record of the great batsman Sachin Tendulkar, which he can achieve in the upcoming ODI series. Kohli will be seen on the cricket field for the first time on the Sri Lanka tour after the ICC T20 World Cup 2024. It is worth noting that Virat and Indian captain Rohit Sharma had said goodbye to this format after winning the T20 World Cup.

Virat will be seen playing ODI on Sri Lankan soil after 7 years. He last played ODI in Sri Lanka in 2017. In such a situation, he can become the foreign batsman to score the most ODI centuries in Sri Lanka. Virat needs just one century for this. Currently, both Sachin and Virat have scored 5-5 ODI centuries in Sri Lanka and they are tied in terms of scoring the most ODI centuries in this country.

Virat can record a big achievement

If Virat plays all three ODI matches and manages to score a century in all three, he will become number 1 in terms of scoring the most centuries by a foreign batsman in Sri Lanka and will also equal Tendulkar. Sachin is the foreign batsman who has scored the most centuries in Sri Lanka. He has 5 centuries each in Test and ODI formats, while Kohli has so far scored 7 centuries in Sri Lanka, 5 in ODIs and 2 in Tests.

If we look at Virat's ODI record in Sri Lanka, he has played 28 matches so far. In these matches, he has scored 1028 runs at an average of 48.95. During this, his best score has been 131 runs. He has scored 5 centuries and 2 half-centuries in this format.

It is worth noting that India will play the first ODI match on the Sri Lanka tour on August 2. Before the ODI series, Team India will play the T20 series, which will be led by Suryakumar Yadav, which will start from July 27.