India, Nov. 30 -- Virat Kohli walked off the Ranchi field with the bat raised, the helmet tucked under his arm, and a number that almost doesn't look real anymore - 52 ODI Hundreds. The latest was a sculpted 135 off 120 balls in his 306th ODI, an innings that turned a tricky first ODI against South Africa into another familiar tale of India leaning on their number three.

With this, Virat Kohli moves to 14,390 runs in 294 innings, and he isn't just extending a record - he's stretching it into another postcode. No one else has even touched 50 in this format. He is now three clear of Sachin Tendulkar's 49, and also ahead of Tendulkar's 51 in Tests for most Hundreds by any batter in a single international format.

Kohli's 52nd ODI hundred do...