In the ongoing Test match between India and Australia, the fans at the iconic Narendra Modi Stadium witnessed Virat Kohli smashing his 75th international century.
This is Virat Kohli’s 28th Test century, having lastly smashed a ton in 2019 in the red ball format. Kohli also reached another milestone on Saturday when he became the fifth Indian batter to score 4000 Test runs on Indian soil.
This is a special century for Virat Kohli as the fans cheered for his 27th ton in November 22nd 2019 and after almost 40 months, Virat has come back in his prime form.
Virat Kohli entered into three weird yet unique records –
STAT: Most international 100s vs an opponent
20 S Tendulkar vs Aus
19 D Bradman vs Eng
17 S Tendulkar vs SL
16 V Kohli vs Aus *
16 V Kohli vs SL
STAT: Slowest Test 100s for Kohli by balls faced
289 vs Eng Nagpur 2012
241 vs Aus Ahmedabad 2023 *
214 vs Aus Perth 2018
199 vs Aus Adelaide 2012
199 vs Aus Chennai 2013
STAT: Most innings bw two Test 100s for Kohli
41 inngs bw 27th & 28th 100s *
11 inngs bw 11th & 12th 100s
10 inngs bw 6th & 7th 100s
10 inngs bw 25th & 26th 100s