Union minister Anurag Singh Thakur praised Kohli's outstanding performance.

Union Minister Anurag Singh Thakur has praised batsman Virat Kohli's remarkable achievement, saying that it has surpassed the record of 49 hundred in One-Day Internationals held by the great Sachin Tendulkar. According to  Thakur, Virat Kohli is a huge influence because of his unwavering commitment to setting records like a boss. With 50 ODI centuries to his name, he claimed that Virat is writing history with every stroke.