India batter Virat Kohli slammed his much-awaited 44th ODI ton in the third and final game against Bangladesh at Chattogram on Saturday (December 10).

Batting at No. 3, Kohli scored 113 off 91 balls and was involved in a 290-run partnership for the second wicket with Ishan Kishan (210 off 131 balls) to propel the visitors to 409/8 in 50 overs.

With this knock, the veteran campaigner ended his much-talked-about ODI century drought, which lasted more than three years. He also surpassed Ricky Ponting’s tally of 71 international centuries and only Sachin Tendulkar (100 hundreds) is now ahead of him.

After the match, former India cricketer Ajay Jadeja praised Virat Kohli, saying that smashing 200 runs could be possible in a day but hitting 72 centuries needs consistency.

"Only God (Sachin Tendulkar) is ahead. This is a milestone that cannot be achieved in one day. You can do what Ishan Kishan did in one day, or score a triple century, but to score 72 centuries is amazing. Consistency is his name," Jadeja said during a post-match discussion on Sony Sports.

Ex-India pacer Ajit Agarkar, who was also part of the discussion, lauded the star batter.

"I think Ishan Kishan's innings helped him a lot. He will definitely send something to Litton Das because very few times such catches are dropped in international cricket, but you also have to remember that he took a brilliant catch in the first game," Agarkar said.

"He could take his time today. An early wicket had fallen, so he had the time. The pitch kept on improving. The fluency came in later, there is no doubt that it was a struggle at the start but Ishan Kishan had removed the pressure from him," he added.

It was a consolation victory for Team India as they avoided a whitewash. The Men in Blue lost the first two ODIs and conceded the three-match series 2-1 to Bangladesh.