Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Union Sports Minister Anurag Thakur and Union Home Minister Amit Shah took to social media to congratulate star India batter Virat Kohli on completing his 50th ODI century, which is a record in cricket.
With his second successive century in the tournament during the semifinals against New Zealand, Shreyas broke plenty of records and continued his purple patch in ODI cricket.
After his former student's record-breaking 50th ODI century in the ICC Cricket World Cup semifinal against New Zealand, Virat Kohli's childhood batting coach, Rajkumar Sharma, expressed happiness at the batter's feat.
Legendary cricketer Sachin Tendulkar lavished praise on India batter Virat Kohli for smashing a record 50th ODI ton and said that he couldn't be happier that an Indian player broke his record for most hundreds in cricket.
Kohli broke Sachin Tendulkar's landmark record for most ODI centuries during India's semifinal encounter against New Zealand at the World Cup in Mumbai.
India's batting talisman, Virat Kohli, on Wednesday delighted his fans with a spectacular knock of 117 runs, breaking legendary cricketer Sachin Tendulkar's record for the most runs in a single World Cup.