Virat Kohli’s 100th Test: Will 28 months wait for century end in Mohali? Virat Kohli will be on a mission “I M Possible” when he takes the field on March 4 in Mohali Test. The former India captain will be keen to break his century drought spanning 28 months for the elusive 71st ton. The hundred will take him on the elite list of players who scored tons on the 100th Test match. They are Ricky Ponting (Australia), Graeme Smith (South Africa) and Joe Root (England). Follow IND vs SL live updates on InsideSport.IN
Former India great Sunil Gavaskar has backed Kohli to slam the century on the special occasion.
“I hope he [Virat Kohli] celebrates his 100th Test with a 100. Not many batsmen has done that. I know Colin Cowdrey, who was probably the first to play 100 Test matches, scored a hundred in his 100th Test. I know Javed Miandad has done it. Alex Stewart has down it,” Gavaskar told Star Sports.
Virat Kohli’s 100th Test: Will 28 months wait for century end in Mohali? Can Kohli join Ponting, Smith, Root in 100 in 100th TEST CLUB?
- Virat Kohli can become the first Indian player to achieve the feat and 10th Even Sachin Tendulkar, Ganguly or Dravid couldn’t hit tons on 100th Test.
- M Cowdrey of England was the first player to achieve the landmark in 1968.
- Ricky Ponting is the lone player who scored twin centuries in his 100th Test while playing against South Africa
- Kohli could also complete 8000 runs in the test when he completes 38 runs against Sri Lanka in 1st
- The 33-year-old is set to join a number of big stalwarts like Sachin Tendulkar, Virender Sehwag, Sunil Gavaskar, Ishant Sharma, among others in 100 or more Test list
Virat Kohli’s 100th Test: Will 28 months wait for century end in Mohali? Can Kohli join Ponting, Smith, Root in 100 in 100th TEST CLUB?
Virat Kohli is all set to achieve these 3 big records in his 100th Test
- Needs 38 more runs to complete 8,000 runs in Test cricket
- Can equal Ricky Ponting’s record with his 71st international century
- Set to join Sachin Tendulkar on elite list- 100 or more Tests
| Most matches – India | ||||||||||||
| Player | Span | Mat | Runs | HS | Ave | 100 | Wkts | BBI | Ave | 5 | Ct | St |
| SR Tendulkar | 1989-2013 | 200 | 15921 | 248* | 53.78 | 51 | 46 | 3/10 | 54.17 | 0 | 115 | 0 |
| R Dravid | 1996-2012 | 163 | 13265 | 270 | 52.63 | 36 | 1 | 1/18 | 39.00 | 0 | 209 | 0 |
| VVS Laxman | 1996-2012 | 134 | 8781 | 281 | 45.97 | 17 | 2 | 1/2 | 63.00 | 0 | 135 | 0 |
| A Kumble | 1990-2008 | 132 | 2506 | 110* | 17.77 | 1 | 619 | 10/74 | 29.65 | 35 | 60 | 0 |
| N Kapil Dev | 1978-1994 | 131 | 5248 | 163 | 31.05 | 8 | 434 | 9/83 | 29.64 | 23 | 64 | 0 |
| SM Gavaskar | 1971-1987 | 125 | 10122 | 236* | 51.12 | 34 | 1 | 1/34 | 206.00 | 0 | 108 | 0 |
| DB Vengsarkar | 1976-1992 | 116 | 6868 | 166 | 42.13 | 17 | 0 | – | – | 0 | 78 | 0 |
| SC Ganguly | 1996-2008 | 113 | 7212 | 239 | 42.17 | 16 | 32 | 3/28 | 52.53 | 0 | 71 | 0 |
| I Sharma | 2007-2021 | 105 | 785 | 57 | 8.26 | 0 | 311 | 7/74 | 32.40 | 11 | 23 | 0 |
| Harbhajan Singh | 1998-2015 | 103 | 2224 | 115 | 18.22 | 2 | 417 | 8/84 | 32.46 | 25 | 42 | 0 |
| V Sehwag | 2001-2013 | 103 | 8503 | 319 | 49.43 | 23 | 40 | 5/104 | 47.35 | 1 | 90 | 0 |
| M Azharuddin | 1984-2000 | 99 | 6215 | 199 | 45.03 | 22 | 0 | – | – | 0 | 105 | 0 |
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