India, Dec. 3 -- What is it about Virat Kohli and ODIs? There have been countless attempts at deciphering the divine connection but none perhaps does justice. There are literary illustrations that Kohli can score ODI centuries even in his sleep. In his case, it might actually be literal. A man doesn't play any other format, spends most of his time away from the country with his family and yet turns up in an ODI and walks his way to centuries. Is it the format? Is it the man? Probably both. Maybe neither. Virat Kohli's love affair with one-day cricket, which many believe is struggling for existence, sandwiched between T20Is and Tests, should remain one of the game's unsolved mysteries.

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