Mumbai, April 12 -- There are records, and then there are habits. Virat Kohli seems to have made a habit of turning the former into the latter.
On a sultry evening at the Wankhede Stadium, where reputations often wilt under pressure, Kohli did what he has done for over a decade - stitched together another partnership of substance, scoring a measured 50, and in the process quietly climbed to the top of a list that reads like a who's who of T20 greats.
Forty-seven century stands now. One more than Chris Gayle and Babar Azam. Numbers, yes - but also a testament to patience in a format addicted to impatience.
There was nothing frantic about it. Kohli's batting rarely is. While others swing, he accumulates; while others explode, he endures. T...