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Skipper Virat Kohli equals Ricky Ponting's Test ton record

By Saurabh Sharma October 11, 2019 • 12:36 PM View: 702

Pune, Oct 11: Indian skipper Virat Kohli on Friday equalled former Australia skipper Ricky Ponting's record of scoring maximum number of Test centuries as captain.

On Day 2 of the ongoing second Test between India and South Africa, Kohli scored the 26th hundred of his Test career, which was also his 19th as captain in red-ball cricket. Ponting had also scored 19 Test centuries and they both are placed jointly at the second spot below former South Africa skipper Graeme Smith who has 25 Test tons to his name.

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