Virat Kohli Century: Star India Batter Notches Up A Test Match Hundred After 1205 Calendar Days

Virat Kohli Century: The ex-India captain breached the three-figures mark in Test cricket after over 1200 days with his last hundred in this format coming against Bangladesh in November 2019.

Virat Kohli of India bats during day four of the Fourth Test match in the series between India and Australia at Narendra Modi Stadium on March 12, 2023 in Ahmedabad, India. ( Image Source :Getty Images )

Ahmedabad: Amid concerns over poor form in the game's longest format of the game, star India batter Virat Kohli rose to the occasion in the ongoing fourth Test match against Australia at the Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad. The ex-India captain breached the three-figures mark in Test cricket after over 1200 days with his last hundred in this format coming against Bangladesh in November 2019 in the pink-ball Test match played at the Eden Gardens in Kolkata.

After being asked to field first by Australia, India were made to toil hard on the field on a wicket has offered little assistance to bowlers. Usman Khawaja's 180 coupled with Cameron Green's maiden Test match ton helped the Aussies post 480. In response, a hundred by Shubman Gill followed by the unbeaten effort from Kohli so far has already helped the Men in Blue reduce the deficit to less than 100 runs and with 5 wickets in hand, they look set to take a lead on Day four of the Test match.

𝟏𝟎𝟎 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐊𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐊𝐨𝐡𝐥𝐢 👑⚡️#INDvAUS #TeamIndia pic.twitter.com/UXGl32n3WL

— BCCI (@BCCI) March 12, 2023

Kohli notched up a hundred off 241 deliveries


Kohli got to the landmark in the 241st ball he faced in his innings and then celebrated in a calm manner, taking out and kissing his wedding ring. This was also Kohli's eighth hundred against Australia in Test match cricket. Axar Patel was the batter at the other end when the 34-year-old raised his bat after getting to a ton.

It is pertinent to note that Kohli had seen a slump in his performance across formats since 2019 but he came back to conquer the demons in white-ball crciket over the last year and a bit. But the 2011 World Cup-winner with Team India was failing to translate that form in red-ball cricket and had managed little success in the Border-Gavaskar Trophy before this innings.