Virat Kohli’s 28th Test century in the Ahmedabad Test against Australia on March 12, 2023 (AP Photo)
Kohli scored 27 of his Test hundreds in 141 innings, including the century that came in November 2019 during the day-night Test against Bangladesh at the Eden Gardens in Kolkata.
On Saturday, the fourth day of the final Test against Australia, Virat Kohli scored his 28th century in Test cricket. The spectators in Ahmedabad were overjoyed to see the former Indian skipper score a century in the longest format of the game after 3 years 3 months and 18 days, which is indeed a long time.
Kohli scored 27 of his Test hundreds in 141 innings, including the century that came in November 2019 during the day-night Test against Bangladesh at the Eden Gardens in Kolkata. But he had to wait 42 innings to score 28 runsth Which is also the 75th of his international career. Kohli brought up his century in 241 balls in Ahmedabad, his second slowest ton after his ton against England in 2012/13 series off 289 balls.
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Kohli may have celebrated the feat quietly, but social media went on fire when he raised his bat on the field Narendra Modi Stadium on Saturday. Be it fans or people from the cricket fraternity, everyone was happy for Kohli’s milestone.
Here’s how he responded:
class is permanent. An exceptional innings from Virat. Faith in almighty, tremendous faith in yourself. A special 75th International for Raja. #INDvsAUS pic.twitter.com/BfzjdGamoI– Virender Sehwag (@virendersehwag) March 12, 2023
A long wait is finally over…for the 28th Test @imVkohli Well played- Kamran Akmal (@KamiAkmal23) March 12, 2023
Welcome back Virat Kohli. It is a Test century well received in many quarters. No. 28.- Ian Raphael Bishop (@irbishi) March 12, 2023
Kohli resumed his innings with a 128-ball 59 on Sunday and took his time to score the remaining 41 runs despite a slow pitch and some disciplined bowling from the Australian spin trio of Nathan Lyon, Todd Murphy and Matthew Kuhnmann.
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In a lean run of over 1000 days, which also saw him lose the India captaincy in all formats of the game, Kohli had scored his maiden T20I century against Australia last year. Afghanistan Scored three more hundreds in the Asia Cup and in ODIs since December last year. But his score in the longest format of the game has been a cause for concern.
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