Why does Team India star Virat Kohli kiss the locket after scoring a century? Team India’s star player Virat Kohli is one of the great batsmen of this era.
In the second match of the ongoing Test series against the West Indies, Kohli created history by hitting a century in the first innings. He has become the only batsman to score a century in the 500th match of international cricket.
With this century, he has a total of 76 centuries in international cricket. You must have seen that whenever Virat scores a century, he kisses the locket around his neck. Why does Virat do this? Let us know in detail.
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Why does Virat Kohli kiss the locket?
The locket that Viraj kisses after completing his century is his wedding ring. Commentator Harsha Bhogle once said about this that ‘this is a sign of Virat’s love and by doing this he expresses his love for his wife Anushka Sharma.
It has also been seen many times that his wife Anushka always stands by Virat. She supports Virat in difficult times and is seen encouraging her husband.
Kohli started it in 2018
Virat Kohli, 34, started kissing the locket in January 2018. He scored an inning of 153 against South Africa at Centurion.
After this the locket was kissing. Virat Kohli married Anushka in Italy on 11 December in 2017. Today this couple also has a daughter.
Virat will play an important role in ODI World Cup
Virat is knowning for his excellent batting in every format. Kohli scored 121 runs in the first innings of the second Test against the West Indies.
During this, he hit 11 fours. Kohli is going to play an important role for Team India in the ODI World Cup 2023 to be held in India this year.
Most century batsman in international cricket
- Sachin Tendulkar – 100
- Virat Kohli – 76
- Ricky Ponting – 71
- Kumar Sangakkara – 63
- Jacques Kallis – 62
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Virat Kohli has scored 25,582 runs:-
After playing 500 international matches, Virat Kohli now has 25,582 runs at an average of 53.63. He has scored 76 centuries and 131 half-centuries in 559 innings.
Kohli’s high score is 254*. He became the first player to score a century in his 500th international match.
