Virat Kohli became the 12th Indian player to receive his 100th Test cap at the Punjab Cricket Association IS Bindra Stadium in Mohali before the 1st Test against Sri Lanka. He joined some legendary players to have reached the mark. He made his Test debut back in June 2011 against the West Indies. The former captain did not have a memorable outing, but in the next 98 matches, he changed the face of Indian cricket. He scored at a furuous pace in red-ball cricket since debuting and became the captain of the team in 2015.
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After taking over the team’s reins, Kohli took India from number seven to number one in the ICC Test Rankings. He is responsible for bringing about a revolution in fast bowling and fitness as the team captain. He also made winning Test matches outside India a normal thing. With him playing a landmark Test match today, let’s have a look at the top five records broken by Virat Kohli in the longest format of the sport:
#1 Highest individual score by an Indian captain.
#2 Most matches as Indian captain.
#3 Most double hundreds as Test captain.
#4 Most hundreds by an Indian captain.
#5 Virat Kohli’s men bowled out opponents for under 200 50 times.
Test captains under which a team bowled out the opposition for under 200 most times:-
50 – VIRAT KOHLI 🇮🇳
48 – Graeme Smith 🇿🇦
40 – Peter May 🏴
39 – Clive Lloyd 🏝️
36 – Ricky Ponting 🇦🇺#VK100 #100thTestforKingKohli #ViratKohli𓃵 https://t.co/0pOkZwylX4 pic.twitter.com/x0gTrsU7Td— SHARIF (@sharifS10187) March 3, 2022
