Here’s a candid moment of Sachin Tendulkar congratulating Anushka Sharma after Virat Kohli scored his 50th century | Hindi Movie News

It was indeed a moment of pride for the entire country as Virat Kohli scored his 50th ODI century. achieved this feat at Mumbai’s Wankhede Stadium during India’s World Cup semifinal match versus New Zealand. While Anushka Sharma was on cloud nine, a candid moment of Master Blaster Sachin Tendulkar congratulating Anushka for her husband’s milestone achievement.
In the picture, Sachin was seen patting on Anushka’s back while the actress was beaming with joy while receiving the compliments from the cricket legend for her husband.AsVirat scored his 50th century, Anushka was seen clapping and blowing flying kisses to him. Virat too was seen blowing kisses to Anushka and bowed down to Sachin after breaking his long standing World Cup record after 20 years.

Sachin also took to social media to congratulate Virat on becoming the first-ever player in history to smash 50 ODI centuries. In the match, Virat scored 117 in 113 balls. His knock consisted of nine fours and two sixes. Virat scored his runs at a strike rate of over 103. He was eventually dismissed by Tim Southee.

“The first time I met you in the Indian dressing room, you were pranked by other teammates into touching my feet. I couldn’t stop laughing that day. But soon, you touched my heart with your passion and skill. I am so happy that that young boy has grown into a ‘Virat’ player. I couldn’t be happier that an Indian broke my record. And to do it on the biggest stage – in the World Cup Semi-Final – and at my home ground is the icing on the cake,” he wrote on Instagram.

Now, Virat has a total of 50 ODI centuries in 291 ODIs. He has overtaken his childhood idol Sachin Tendulkar, who scored 49 ODI centuries in his decorated career.
This is also Virat’s 80th international cricket century. The star batter also has 29 Test centuries in 111 Tests and one T20I century in 115 matches. He is the second-highest century scorer of all time in international cricket and is chasing Sachin’s record of 100 international tons.
In 10 matches of this tournament so far, Virat has scored 691 runs at an average of 115.16 and a strike rate of over 89. His best score is 117. Virat has scored three centuries and five fifties in 10 innings in this tournament. He is also the highest run-getter in the tournament so far. Virat also has the most amount of runs in a single Cricket World Cup edition, going past Sachin’s record of 673 runs in the 2003 edition of the tournament.
Virat is now the third-highest run-scorer in all of Cricket World Cup history. In 36 matches, he has scored 1,731 runs at an average of 61.46, with the best score of 117. He has scored five centuries in his WC career so far, with 11 fifties as well.