Virat Kohli: Virat Kohli, who is struggling with poor form, has once again shown his talent by scoring a century in the Perth Test match against Australia. Virat Kohli has scored a century in Test cricket after about 16 months. Virat Kohli, who was out for just five runs in the first innings of the Perth Test match, raised doubts in the second innings and pushed Australia on the back foot. As soon as Kohli completed his century, Team India captain Jasprit Bumrah announced the end of the innings.
Before Virat Kohli, Yashasvi Jaiswal had also scored a century in this test match. This is the 30th century of Virat Kohli’s Test career and he has left behind the great cricketer Don Bradman in terms of centuries. Along with this, Kohli has also left behind the great batsman Sachin Tendulkar in terms of scoring a century in Australia.
Virat Kohli’s bat roared in the second innings
Everyone’s eyes were on Virat Kohli’s batting in the first match of the Border-Gavaskar Trophy against Australia. Before this, Kohli had proved to be a failure during the series against New Zealand and many questions were being raised about his batting. Even during the first innings of the Perth Test, Kohli was out cheaply and returned to the pavilion, but during the second innings his bat spoke loudly.
Virat Kohli scored unbeaten 100 runs in 143 balls. During this, he also hit eight fours and two sixes. India announced the end of the innings as soon as Kohli completed his century. At the time when Team India captain Bumrah announced the end of the innings, India had scored 487 runs at the loss of 6 wickets. Team India had gained a lead of 46 runs in the first innings. In this way India has given Australia a target of scoring 534 runs. Australia has lost three wickets for 12 runs in the second innings.
Virat Kohli overtakes Don Bradman
Virat Kohli has succeeded in scoring a century in Test cricket after about 16 months. Before this, he had scored a century against West Indies in July 2023. With scoring a century in the Perth Test, Virat Kohli has gone ahead of the great cricketer Don Bradman. Bradman had scored 29 centuries in his Test career while Kohli has scored his 30th century in his Test career.
Sachin Tendulkar was also left behind
With scoring a century in the Perth Test match, Virat Kohli has gone ahead of the great batsman Sachin Tendulkar in terms of scoring a century in Australia. Sachin had scored 6 centuries in Australia while Kohli has scored his seventh Test century in Australia. Sachin Tendulkar had managed to score 6 centuries in 29 innings whereas Virat Kohli has achieved this feat in just 27 innings. From India, Sunil Ka Gavaskar has scored five centuries, VVS Laxman has scored four and Cheteshwar Pujara has scored three centuries in Australia.
Kohli’s century is a good sign for India
Virat Kohli’s century is being considered a good sign for Team India because Virat has been struggling with poor form for some time. Even during the series against New Zealand, his performance was not as per expectations. This year he played six Test matches and scored 250 runs at an average of 22.72, which included one half-century. Now it is believed that Kohli will perform well in the upcoming test matches against Australia also.
