Virat Kohli’s extraordinary surge in ODI cricket rolled on in Raipur on Wednesday as the India great struck his second successive century of the three-match series against South Africa, extending a run of form that has looked both irresistible and inevitable. The 37-year-old, batting at number three, walked in early once again and imposed himself on the contest with the precision, tempo, and authority that have defined his renaissance in the format.

At the Shaheed Veer Narayan Singh International Stadium, Kohli reached his hundred off 90 balls and leapt into the air to celebrate his 53rd ODI century and 84th international hundred. It was his second hundred in as many matches after a superb 135 off 120 in the series opener in Ranchi. He brought up the landmark with a gentle push off Marco

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