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On his 35th birthday, Kohli matched Tendulkar's 49 ODI hundreds with a spectacular century against South Africa.

Coming to the match, India opted to bat first and scored 326/5 in their 50 overs.

The star batter has the second-highest number of centuries in international cricket, next to Sachin Tendulkar's 100 centuries.

Ravindra Jadeja too made a statement of his skills while making a quick 29 off 15 balls that gave India some late steam and then he returned to pick up a five-wicket haul (5/33).

Birthday boy Virat Kohli hit a record-equalling 49th ODI century while Ravindra Jadeja took a five-wicket haul as India crushed South Africa by 243 runs to record their eighth World Cup win

Virat Kohli creates history by equaling the most number of ODI centuries (49) with Sachin Tendulkar in this match.

Kohli achieved this milestone during the 49th over of the Indian innings, displaying his exceptional prowess and smashing 10 boundaries on his way to a well-deserved century

Kohli, who turned 35 on Sunday, gave himself a timely gift with an unbeaten knock of 101 off 121 deliveries, which put him at par with the legendary Sachin Tendulkar, who too has 49 ODI tons

This historic feat was made even more special as it marked Kohli's first century at this revered

Anushka took to the social media and shared a string of photos of the batting maestro.

"I wish Virat Kohli on his birthday through my sculpture and best of luck to the entire cricket team for the World Cup," Sudarsan said.

Anushka Sharma is indeed her husband and cricketer Virat Kohli's biggest cheerleader.

After Virat Kohli and Shubman Gill, Shreyas Iyer takes the charge to drive India to a big total against Sri Lanka

After losing the early wicket of Rohit Sharma, Virat Kohli and Shubman Gill dominated Sri Lanka and made big scores but fall short of their centuries

Gill, Kohli and Iyer made most of the run-scoring opportunities that were on offer at the high-scoring Wankede Stadium

The star batsman went to Mumbai's Marine Drive to interact with cricket fans there, wearing a hat, a pair of goggles and a surgical mask.

As Virat continues to chase Sachin Tendulkar's record of 49 ODI tons, fans will be anticipating that he will deliver his record-equalling century against the island nation.

Graeme Smith, hailed Virat Kohli as a brilliant chaser saying that he believes that India's batting talisman even exceeds the legend Sachin Tendulkar.

Lavishing praise on Root, Kohli told Star Sports, "Joe, he is great all-round the way he plays reverse slap I would like to take that shot."

David Warner on Saturday overtook India's Virat Kohli to become the fourth-highest run-scorer in ICC World Cup history.