Sports Desk, AnyTV, Mohali
Published by: swapnil shashank
Updated Thu, 03 Mar 2022 06:26 AM IST
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Virat played the 75th Test against Australia in Perth in 2018. Here also he played innings of 123 and 17 runs. Virat also played the first Test of captaincy against Australia in Adelaide in 2014.
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For 15 months and 29 innings, Virat Kohli’s bat may be looking for a century in Test matches, but this legend has proved that he is a cricketer of big matches. Then what can be bigger for Virat than the Mohali Test. This is his hundredth Test as well as he is going to play in the Test for the first time under the captaincy of Rohit Sharma. Whether it is Virat’s 50th Test or 75th or the first Test of captaincy, his bat has scored a century. This is the reason why everyone is waiting for a century from Virat even in the hundredth Test.
Four centuries in three big Test matches
Virat has proved that he never shied away from giving remarkable performances in his memorable encounters. He has scored not one or two but four centuries in his 50th, 75th and first Test as captain. Virat played his 50th Test against England in Visakhapatnam in 2016. Here he scored 167 runs in the first innings and 81 runs in the second innings.
Virat played the 75th Test against Australia in Perth in 2018. Here also he played innings of 123 and 17 runs. Virat also played the first Test of captaincy against Australia in Adelaide in 2014. Here Virat scored a century in both the innings in Dhoni’s absence. Virat scored 115 runs in the first innings and 141 runs in the second innings. However, in his first Test against the West Indies at Kingston in 2011, Virat was able to score only 4 and 15 runs.
So Virat will be the 14th fastest to score 8000 runs.
Virat Kohli is just 38 runs away from scoring 8000 runs in his hundredth Test match. If he achieves this feat in this Test, then he will be 14th in the world and the fifth fastest cricketer in the country to score eight thousand runs. If Virat scores 8000 runs in the 169th innings, then Sachin Tendulkar, Rahul Dravid, Virender Sehwag and Sunil Gavaskar will be above him in the country.
Fastest Indian to score eight thousand runs
batsman | Test | Turn |
Sachin Tendulkar | 96 | 154 |
Rahul Dravid | 94 | 158 |
Virender Sehwag | 93 | 160 |
Sunil Gavaskar | 95 | 166 |