India, Nov. 30 -- Virat Kohli jumped with joy, punched the air and yelled out loud to celebrate his hundred in Ranchi in the first ODI against South Africa on Sunday. A batter with more ODI tons than anyone else to have played the game, still had the same intense emotions while getting to his 52nd. It signalled the star batter's burning desire towards his future ambitions.

This hundred took nine months coming, but only because this is the sole format he now plays. Otherwise, it had been only seven ODIs since his century against Pakistan in the Champions Trophy; that's close to his phenomenal career record of getting to an ODI ton every six matches.

It is the months of inactivity that have kept Kohli in the news since his Test retirement...