New Delhi, Oct. 19 -- 19 is a significant date in Indian cricket, especially during the 2023 ODI World Cup. On November 19, sadness gripped the whole country, following India's loss in the final against Australia, at the Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad. Exactly a month before, India was celebrating Virat Kohli's 48th hundred in ODI cricket, in Pune against Bangladesh.

As Kohli prepares for his next ODI tour in New Zealand, starting next month, let's roll three years back when the former Indian captain inched closer to his idol Sachin Tendulkar's milestone. Kohli was in red-hot form in the lead-up to the 2023 ODI World Cup at home.

The right-hander went into the World Cup on the back of a brilliant hundred against Pakistan in the Asia...