CWC 2019:  4 World Cup co-incidences between Sachin Tendulkar and Virat Kohli

#3 Number of centuries after 2 world cups

Kohli scored his first World cup century in 2011

Sachin has played in 6 world cups so far with 1992 being the first while 2011 was his last. Virat Kohli has played in 2 world cups already in 2011 and 2015 while it will be his 3rd world cup this year. Both Sachin and Kohli have scored 2 centuries after playing their first 2 world cups. After failing to hit a century in 1992 world cup where he scored 283 runs, Sachin made amends as he scored 2 centuries in 1996 world cup. Sachin scored 283 and 523 runs in his first 2 world cups who also became the leading run-scorer in 1996 world cup.

On the other hand, Kohli made one century each in 2011 and 2015 world cup. Kohli made an amazing century in his debut world cup match in 2011 against Bangladesh. He also scored a match-winning century in 2015 against the arch-rivals Pakistan. Kohli has scored 282 and 305 runs in the 2 world cups that he has played for the country.