IND vs WI, 2nd Test: In the second Test match being played in Port of Spain, on the second day, Virat Kohli has created history by scoring a brilliant century. Virat Kohli has done this feat in his historic 500th International match and the 100th Test match being played between India and West Indies. He completed his hundred in 180 balls with the help of 10 fours.
Kohli has scored a Test century on foreign soil after a long gap of 5 years. Earlier, his last Test century came in Perth in 2018. With this century innings, Kohli has become the first batsman in the world to score a century in his 500th match. This is the 76th international century of the former Indian captain’s career.
Kohli now has 29 centuries in Tests. King Kohli has scored 46 centuries in ODIs and 1 century in T20Is as well.
With the help of this century, Kohli has become the 5th highest run-scorer in international cricket. He overtook the great all-rounder Jacques Kallis. After this century, Kohli now has 25561 international runs.
Most runs in international cricket
- 34357- Sachin Tendulkar
- 28016- Kumar Sangakkara
- 27483- Ricky Ponting
- 25957- Mahela Jayawardene
- 25561*- Virat Kohli
- 25534- Jacques Kallis
Most centuries in Tests (IND)
- 51- Sachin Tendulkar
- 36- Rahul Dravid
- 34- Sunil Gavaskar
- 29- Virat Kohli
- 23- Virender Sehwag
Most centuries in international cricket
- Sachin Tendulkar – 100
- Virat Kohli – 76
- Ricky Ponting – 71
- Kumar Sangakkara – 63
- Jacques Kallis – 62
When Kohli landed on the field on the second day, he was only 13 runs away from a century. Within half an hour, he hit his century with a four and made the 500th match historic. Kohli has now become the batsman to score 76 centuries in the shortest innings. Earlier, Sachin had taken 587 innings to score the same number of centuries.
76 is the shortest innings taken for a century
- 559 innings – Virat Kohli*
- 587 innings – Sachin Tendulkar
Most overseas centuries of Indian batsmen
- 29- Sachin Tendulkar
- 28 – Virat Kohli*
- 18 – Rohit Sharma
- 18 – Rahul Dravid
- 18 – Sourav Ganguly
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