The first sign that it could be Virat Kohli’s day was the return of the famous swat-flick. With 7 hundreds in Australia, Kohli has gone past Sachin Tendulkar for most tons Down under by an Indian player. In the end, the adoring crowd knew before Virat Kohli that he had reached his much awaited hundred. The drums were banging at deep cover behind six Indian flags hung side by side on the fence, his name was being loudly chanted, even as he waited, looked around, checked with the umpire before he broke into smile, remove his helmet clasp from behind his head, held his bat aloft and soaked in his 30th Test and 80th International hundred.
Virat Kohli Commanding Knock.
After Australia managed to remove KL Rahul and Devdutt Padikkal, Kohli forged a stand alongside Yashasvi Jaiswal before the latter was finally dismissed after his marathon outing of 161 off 297 deliveries.
Kohli then glued himself in the middle as he went on to score his seventh Test hundred in the country. it is most by an Indian batter in Australia. He leaves Behind Sir Don Bradman with historic 30th Test Century in Perth Test vs Australia. He just having scored two Test centuries in last four years. Kohli carried on from where Yashasvi Jaiswal left off earlier. To ensure that the visitors take a lead of more than 500. Kohli and Jaiswal’s exploits on Day 3 left Pat Cummins and co staring down the barrel in the first Test.
Speaking to Adam Gilchrist after his century, Kohli said, “I’ am not a guy who hangs around for the sake of it. I take pride in performing for the country.”
As soon as Kohli completed his century, India declared their second innings, setting target of 534 for Australia. India declared on the score of 487/6 in the second innings in the Perth Test. Along with Kohli, Nitish Kumar Reddy also remained unbeaten on 38boff 27.
