NEW DELHI: Batting genius Virat Kohli continued his great run with the bat and began the new year with a spectacular hundred versus Sri Lanka in the first one-day international of the three-match series in Guwahati on Tuesday.

Kohli raced to his 45th ODI hundred in simply 80 balls with the aid of a 6 and 10 fours.It was the 2nd successive ODI hundred for Kohli after ending the year 2022 with an outstanding 113 off 91 balls versus Bangladesh at Chattogram on December 10.

And Tuesdays hundred took his combined international tally to 73.

I have had a little a break, and a couple of session entering this video game, so I was fresh after that Bangladesh tour.

I was delighted for the home season to begin, Kohli stated throughout the innings break.The former captains 113, off 87 balls, powered India to a huge 373/7 versus the visitors.

Rohit Sharma (83 off 67) and Shubman Gill (70 off 60) likewise contributed handsomely for the hosts as the duo put on 143 runs for the opening wicket in just 19.4 overs.Kohli acknowledged the contribution from the openers, and said: The openers permitted me to enter into the video game and I tried to keep my strike rate in check.

I mored than happy I had the ability to keep the pace and we completed with 370.

Kohlis swashbuckling knock ended in the 49th over of the India innings, when wicket-keeper Kusal Mendis encountered towards square leg to hang on the catch.

Kohli went for a slog-sweep off Kasun Ranjitha but only handled to get a top-edge.

Kohli also survived a number of drop catches throughout the innings, and the run device stated that luck does play its part in such knocks.

I would take those (dropped opportunities) any day.

Luck plays a huge part, you need to thank god on such evenings.

These nights are important, quite familiar with that.

Thankful that I made the most of that luck provided to me.

I helped the group get 20 runs additional, rather than 350.

Its going to be the very same thing.

Somebody will need to score a 150, or 140 to chase this down.

However it likewise offers our bowlers a chance to bowl with dew entering into play.

I am rather aware of what I eat, diet is the most important thing at this age.

That keeps me in prime shape.

That helps me give my 100 percent for the group, Kohli added.It was Kohlis ninth century against the Lankans, making him the batter with most centuries against them in the ODIs.

Another than the batting excellent Sachin Tendulkar versus the Islanders.Kohli likewise equalled Tendulkars record of many ODI hundreds in a nation as the knock was his 20th century in India.

Kohli achieved the recond in 99 house innings, while the Master Blaster played 160 innings in India.