Perth (Australia):Virat Kohli added another feather in his cap as he became the Indian player with the most Test centuries in Australia. He achieved this significant landmark during the first Test of the Border Gavaskar Trophy 2024 at Optus Stadium here on Sunday, November 24, 2024.
Kohli smashed eight fours and two sixes during his unbeaten 100 off 143 balls. Kohli now has seven Test hundreds under his kitty in 27 innings in Australia. He surpassed Sachin Tendulkar's tally of six centuries. With this ton, Kohli now has the second joint-most Test hundreds in Australia with former England cricketer Wally Hammond, who has achieved this feat in 35 innings. Jack Hobbs leads the list with nine centuries.
This is Kohli’s 10th hundred across formats in Australia, the most by a visiting batter.
With this century, he also surpassed Australia great Sir Don Bradman's Test centuries tally of 30 Test hundreds and became the 17th overall batter to reach this incredible milestone. He also became the only fourth Indian to achieve this remarkable feat.
This is also his 81st century in international cricket that took even closer to Tendulkar's tally of 100 centuries.
Earlier, he reached the fifty run-mark in 94 balls. With his fifty, Kohli closed in on Sachin Tendulkar for the most 50+ scores in Australia. This was Kohli's 11th 50+ score vs Australia, which falls 2 behind Sachin Tendulkar's record of 13. Sachin, the all-time high-scorer for India against Australia hit 6 hundreds and 7 fifties Down Under.
Kohli waited for 492 days to score the next Test century. He scored his last century against West Indies in Port of Spain in 2023. He amassed 212 runs against West Indies on 20 July 2023.