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'Century Comeback Can Be A Possibility': Sunil Gavaskar Makes A Huge Remark On Virat Kohli Ahead Of 2nd Test

The former India skipper was amazed by Todd Murphy in the 1st Test of the Border-Gavaskar Trophy at Nagpur as he was sent back to the pavilion for 12 off 26 balls.

The Indian team outplayed Australia in the series opener of the Border-Gavaskar Trophy on Saturday. Post their win, former legend Sunil Gavaskar has come up with a huge statement about Virat Kohli.

"See there has been just one inning and there are three more Test matches left. A player of his stature is expected to score in every match. But this was just one inning and I feel the century comeback can be a possibility at his home ground in Delhi," Gavaskar told India Today. 

The former India skipper was amazed by Todd Murphy in the 1st Test of the Border-Gavaskar Trophy at Nagpur as he was sent back to the pavilion for 12 off 26 balls. However, India ended up winning by an inning and 132 runs on Saturday. The first Test of the Border-Gavaskar Trophy had ended within 3 days with the duo of Ravichandran Ashwin and Ravindra Jadeja scalping 16 of the 20 wickets.

The second Test match of the Border-Gavaskar Trophy is all set to be played at the Arun Jaitley Stadium in New Delhi beginning on February 17.

Squads:

India: Rohit Sharma (Captain), KL Rahul (vice-captain), Shubman Gill, Cheteshwar Pujara, Virat Kohli, Shreyas Iyer (injured and yet to recover), KS Bharat (wk), Ishan Kishan (wk), R. Ashwin, Axar Patel, Kuldeep Yadav, Ravindra Jadeja, Mohd. Shami, Mohd. Siraj, Umesh Yadav, Jaydev Unadkat, Suryakumar Yadav. 

Australia: Pat Cummins (capt), Ashton Agar, Scott Boland, Alex Carey, Cameron Green (injured), Peter Handscomb, Josh Hazlewood, Travis Head, Usman Khawaja, Marnus Labuschagne, Nathan Lyon, Lance Morris, Todd Murphy, Matthew Renshaw, Steve Smith, Mitchell Starc (injured), Mitchell Swepson, David Warner.

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