World Cup: Virat Kohli paints ‘perfect picture’ in front of hero Sachin Tendulkar and love of his life Anushka Sharma | Cricket-world-cup News

After surpassing his idol Sachin Tendulkar’s tally of 49 ODI centuries, an exhausted Virat Kohli pulled off his helmet, bowed to his idol who was sitting in the stands and blew a kiss to wife Anushka Sharma as he scored his 50th ODO ton in the World Cup semifinal against New Zealand on Wednesday.
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“As I said stuff of dreams. Anushka was sitting right there, Sachin paaji was here too. Difficult to explain this. If I could paint a perfect picture I would want this to be the picture. My life partner, the person I love the most is sitting there, my hero is sitting there and I was able to get the 50th in front of all of them and all these stands in Wankhede as well, such a hory venue so it was amazing,” Kohli said when asked about his celebration after the horic ton.
This was also the first time Kohli had scored 50 or more in a World Cup knockout encounter as well as crossing another Tendulkar milestone when he crossed the 673-run mark in a single World Cup.

“I had to play the role I have played throughout the tournament so that the guys around me can go and express themselves. Just glad everything came together so nicely and we put up a great total on the board as well,” the 35-year-old said after India posted a massive 397 against the Kiwis.

“Most important thing is to make my team win and whatever it takes to do that I am ready to do that. Whether running singles and doubles, hitting boundaries… whatever the team wants me to do. I have been given a role this tournament and I have been trying to play that to the best of my abilities – try to dig deep and bat long so the guys around me can play around me and have that confidence in the later overs where I can dominate with the bat as well,” he added.