Batting maestro Sunil Gavaskar offered a detailed breakdown of Virat Kohli’s century in the second ODI against South Africa in Raipur, emphasising that the seasoned batter looked destined for a hundred from the moment he arrived at the crease. Gavaskar said Kohli appeared to be continuing seamlessly from his match-winning effort in Ranchi.

Kohli, who struck a 120-ball 135 in the opening ODI to guide India to victory, carried that momentum into Raipur on Wednesday, bringing up his 84th international century and the 53rd of his ODI career.

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“To be honest, at no point did it look like he wasn’t going to get a hundred. From the first ball he faced, it felt as if he was carrying on from Ranchi. He got off the mark with a hook for six, a shot he doesn’t often play in the air, whi

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