Virat Kohli: Former Indian team captain Virat Kohli has equaled South African veteran Jacques Kallis in terms of scoring the most centuries against the West Indies.
Virat Kohli, Ind vs Wi 2nd Test
Virat Kohli created history in the second Test match being played between India and West Indies. And after winning the first test, India will now want the second test match as much as they want. In this Test, West Indies team captain Kraigg Brathwaite won the toss and decided to bowl first. Batting first, the Indian team had scored 288 runs at the loss of 4 wickets till the end of the first day’s play. As soon as the second day’s play started, King Kohli created history by scoring 13 runs. Let us know which record has been made by Virat Kohli.
Virat Kohli New Record in Test Cricket
This test of Virat Kohli is the 500th match of his international career. He has become the 10th player in the world and the fourth player in India to play 500 matches in international cricket. Virat completed the 76th century of his career as soon as he scored 13 runs. Which is a huge record. But the record we are talking about is something else.
Most Centuries Against West Indies
As soon as Virat completed his century, he equaled South African legend Jacques Kallis in scoring a century against the West Indies. Kohli and Kallis have scored a total of 12 centuries against the West Indies. The record for scoring the most centuries against West Indies is in the name of former Indian batsman Sunil Gavaskar. And he has scored a total of 13 centuries against the West Indies team. And let us tell you that this is the number of centuries scored by combining all three formats.
Batsmen with the most centuries against West Indies in all three formats
Talking about this match, the Indian team, batting first, scored a total of 314 * runs in the first innings against the West Indies team. During this, the Indian team has lost only 4 wickets and Virat and Jadeja are still standing. Virat has scored 101 runs in 180 balls in this match.
Sunil Gavaskar – 13 centuries
Virat Kohli – 12 centuries
Jacques Kallis – 12 centuries
