Virat Kohli: A Look At King's Journey Through 99 Test Matches; Reliving His Top Test Knocks

A look at Virat Kohli's Test career as the batter prepares to play his 100th test for team India, his top test knocks and records as a captain.

116 vs Australia, Adelaide 2012

In the fourth test of the Border-Gavaskar trophy 2011-12, India were playing for pride as they were already 3-0 behind in the 4 match test series. Australians continued their dominance as they declared their first inning on 604/7 after opting to bat first. When Virat Kohli came out to bat, India was at 87/4 in 33.5 overs, and had lost big names like Virender Sehwag, Rahul Dravid and Sachin Tendulkar. The 23-year-old Virat at the time displayed his guts as he scored 116, contributing around 43% of the team total (272). However, India went on to lose the match by 298 runs and were whitewashed 4-0 in the test series. 

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169 vs Australia, Melbourne 2014

In the Border-Gavaskar trophy 2014-15, team India were yet again off to a bad start as they lost the first two matches. In this do-or-die match for the tourists, hosts posted 530 in the first innings after opting to bat first. In reply, India managed 465 runs on the board as Virat Kohli scored 169 runs off 272 balls, as he took on a bowling attack comprising of Mitchell Johnson, Josh Hazlewood & Ryan Harris. This match ended in a draw and interestingly, MS Dhoni left the Test captaincy after this match and Virat was anointed the new test leader for the Indian team. 

235 vs England, Mumbai 2016

In the 4th test of the 5-match series between India and England at Mumbai, Virat Kohli thrashed the English bowling attack which included James Anderson, Chris Woakes, Ben Stokes, Moeen Ali and Adil Rashid. Kohli scored 235 and brought up third double hundred of his career, smashing 25 fours and a six. Consequently, India posted 631 runs and won the match by an innings and 631 runs. 

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254 vs South Africa, Pune 2019

Virat Kohli brought up his highest score in test cricket against South Africa in the 2nd test against South Africa in 2019. India declared their first innings on 601/5 after opting to bat first. Kohli looked in tremendous touch as he smacked 254 runs off 336 balls with 33 fours and 2 sixes. South Africa came on to bat twice then but still fell 137 runs short, as India won the match by an innings. Virat Kohli was adjudged the player of the match for his absolute and sheer dominance with the bat. 

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Virat Kohli will play against Sri Lanka at Mohali on March 4th, and will be hoping to score his much-awaited 71st international century, as the first Indian inning of the match will be the 71st inning for Kohli since his last ton, as he becomes the 71st player in the world to play 100 international test matches.