Virat Kohli continued his love affair with Australia and the Adelaide Oval when he scored his 22nd one-day century to drive India to a 76-run victory over Pakistan in the World Cup on Sunday.
The 26-year-old has now scored seven centuries in 21 one-day and Test matches on Australian soil and four in five matches in both formats at the historic ground beside the River Torrens.
Being described as the ‘new Sachin for Indian fans’ in the post-match ceremony just drew a huge smile from the batsman.
"That's a really big compliment," he said. "Expectations will rise when you do well for your country and I just try to live up to them because I love winning games and I love playing for my country.”
For once in Australia, Kohli had the crowd mostly cheering rather than barracking him as India trounced their neighbours to get their title defence off to the best possible start.
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