Virat Kohli extended two career records in a single innings on September 27, striking an unbeaten 139 off 88 balls to power India to an eight-wicket win over West Indies in the first ODI at the Greenfield International Stadium, Thiruvananthapuram. It was his 55th ODI century and took his career tally past 15,000 ODI runs, both landmarks reached in the same knock.
Kohli reached three figures off 74 balls — the third-fastest century of his ODI career — and finished unbeaten on 139 from 88 deliveries, studded with 10 fours and nine sixes. Chasing West Indies' 295 for 7, India got home with plenty to spare, captain Shubman Gill adding a century of his own in a chase that never looked seriously threatened once the pair got going.
The century was Kohli's 55th in ODI cricket, extending a world record he already owned outright — the next name on that list, Sachin Tendulkar, sits on 49. In the same innings, Kohli crossed 15,000 ODI runs, becoming only the second batter in the format's history to reach that mark after Tendulkar's 18,426. Both milestones arriving in the same match, in a series opener rather than a dead rubber, is the kind of coincidence that tends to happen when a batter is this far ahead of the chasing pack.
There was a third layer to the innings specific to the opposition. This was Kohli's 10th ODI century against West Indies, matching his own record of 10 centuries against Sri Lanka — making him the only batter in ODI history with double-digit hundreds against two separate opponents. West Indies bowling attacks have now been on the receiving end of one of Kohli's most productive opponent-specific records almost as often as Sri Lanka's.
None of this came in a low-stakes chase. West Indies had posted a competitive 295 built around a 135-run opening stand between John Campbell and Justin Greaves, the latter going on to a maiden ODI century of his own before Kuldeep Yadav's return spell pulled West Indies back. Kohli and Gill then chased it down with room to spare, India closing out the match well inside the 50 overs. The result puts India 1-0 up in the three-match series, with the second ODI in Guwahati on September 30 and the decider in the series set for October 3.
Kohli's century tally now sits at a distance from the rest of the field that makes any "who's closest" conversation largely academic — the gap to Tendulkar's 49 is itself larger than most players' entire ODI century counts. What it does add is a fresh data point for a debate that resurfaces every time he bats deep into an ODI innings: whether the format's greatest run-scorer is still adding to his numbers at an age when most peers have long since retired from the 50-over game.
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Kohli's innings figures, century count, run tally and the record context are verified against same-day and freshly re-checked reporting, current as of September 28, 2026.
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