Virat Kohli

Virat Kohli scored a magnificent 186 to give India a chance of victory on the final day of the fourth Test against Australia.

Kohli resumed the penultimate day on 59 not out and went on to hit his first hundred since November 2019, where he scored 136 against Bangladesh. Kohli’s 186 and Shubman Gill’s 128 helped India to establish a 91-run lead against the visitors, who were bowled out for 480 in their first innings. Virat Kohli scored his first Test century since 2019 as India posted 571 on day four of the fourth Test against Australia.

One of the best batters that India has ever produced played an innings that made the mind look back across eras.

Kohli took just 72 balls to rush from 100 to 150, and his highlights reel began to grow to proportions commensurate with the magnitude of his innings. [Sunil Gavaskar](https://www.espncricinfo.com/player/sunil-gavaskar-28794)and [Dilip Vengsarkar](https://www.espncricinfo.com/player/dilip-vengsarkar-35654)that they scored so many of their runs in draws. He was beaten on the outside edge by the second ball, and he edged the third one just short of slip. There have been times in the past when a Kohli century has seemed inevitable as soon as he's spent 15 minutes at the crease. [Shubman Gill](https://www.espncricinfo.com/player/shubman-gill-1070173)could have been bowled through the gate by Todd Murphy, or played on to Starc. Great India batters of the past played a lot of Test matches like this. In that time, his Test average had dropped from [54.97 to 48.12](https://stats.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/player/253802.html?class=1;template=results;type=batting;view=cumulative). [Cheteshwar Pujara](https://www.espncricinfo.com/player/cheteshwar-pujara-32540)are India's sixth- and eighth-highest run-getters in Test cricket. One, there was a chance of an overthrow, and he finally turned to take it when he heard Ishant Sharma calling out from the other end. Then he laid his helmet and gloves down, and reached into his collar to extract the chain he wears around his neck. Now you could argue that the last sentence is both an exaggeration and an example of recency bias. When he completed the run, he was still so caught up in this quarrel that two bits of information seemed to have escaped him.

Virat Kohli fell merely 14 runs short of his double century, as he was caught by Marnus Labuschagne while going for a six in the 179th over of the first ...

Both Kohli and Rahul Dravid – who is currently India's head coach – have 200s against three SENA countries; Dravid didn't score a double hundred against the Proteas. However, the India star wasn't as lucky as he was caught in the very next over by Marnus Labuschagne, as Todd Murphy ended an incredible knock in Ahmedabad. Regardless, the 34-year-old batter did ended over a three-year wait for a century in whites on Sunday; Kohli bid time at the crease and only hit five fours en route to his 28th Test century, which came in 243 deliveries. Kohli's first century against a ‘SENA’ country came in 2016 vs New Zealand, when he scored 211 in Indore. After Axar's departure on 79, Kohli took on the onus of run-scoring but he ran out of partners with Ravichandran Ashwin and Umesh Yadav departing cheaply. The [Indian](https://www.hindustantimes.com/topic/indian-cricket-team) batter would also have become the first from the country to reigster 200s against all four ‘SENA’ nations (South Africa, England, New Zealand, and Australia), having already scored 200+ scores against the first three.

Notably, both Smith and Kohli are part of the 'Fab Four' batters of this generation along with New Zealand's Kane Williamson and England's Joe Root.

He has scored 30 centuries and 37 fifties in the format, with the best individual score of 239*. Virat Kohli brought an end to his century drought in Test cricket, scoring his 75th international century and his 28th in Tests. In 31 matches and 35 innings, he has scored 1,507 runs at an average of 55.81. [Ravichandran Ashwin](/topic/ravichandran-ashwin)was the pick of the bowlers, taking 6/91 on a surface offering no help to spinners. [Nathan Lyon](/topic/nathan-lyon)(3/151) were the pick of the bowlers for Australia. In 108 matches and 183 innings, Virat has scored 8.416 runs at an average of 48.93. In his marathon effort, he scored 186 runs in 364 balls, consisting of 15 fours. Steve shook his hand and patted the batter on his back. Shubman Gill also scored a century, smashing 128 runs in 235 balls. On September 8, 2022, during the Asia Cup 2022 match against Afghanistan, Virat ended his century drought of 1,021 days in international cricket as well. His best individual score is 186 since the Asia Cup. Before it, his last ODI ton was against West Indies in August 2019.

Indian superstar finally hits 28th ton during match against Australia in Ahmedabad.

Smith overtook Kohli during the Indian batsman's lean phase and now has 30 Test centuries. India were eventually bowled out for 571 with Kohli making 186, following Australia's first innings total of 480. Over 3 yrs since his last one .. Kohli remains behind Australia's Smith and England's Joe Root in the number of Test centuries between the “fabulous four” – the leading four batsmen of the modern era. Love watching him Bat .. Australia's stand-in-skipper Steve Smith applauded on the ground, and a placard in the crowd read “Here to see King Kohli ruling in his kingdom”.