Virat Kohli Scripts History, Becomes First Indian Captain To Score 40 International Centuries

Indian Test skipper Virat Kohli on Friday did a first of sorts after scoring his 26th Test century in the second Test against South Africa at Pune. On getting to the milestone Kohli also became the first Indian to score 40 international hundreds as skipper.

Kohli also became the fourth fastest batsman to register 26 tons in Test cricket. He beat legendary Indian cricketer Sunil Gavaskar to the 4th spot.

On course to his century-knock against South Africa in Pune Test, the 30-year-old also went past former cricketer Dilip Vengasarkar in the run-scoring charts. Vengasarkar had 6,868 Test runs to his credit.