Indian batting superstar Virat Kohli, who is hailed as the ‘run-machine’, achieved a double milestone on Friday as he became the first batter to smash a century in his 500th International match. Virat Kohli stole the show with his batting heroics as he brought up his 29th Test century on the second day of the ongoing second Test match against the West Indies at Queen’s Park Oval.
With his 29th century, Kohli has equaled the record of Australia’s great and one of the best batters in the history of the game, Sir Donald Bradman, who had also scored 29 Test centuries in his illustrious career. Kohli also went past Tendulkar in the list of most tons in the West Indies, hitting his second on Caribbean soil.
Brian Lara Hailed Virat Kohli For His Knock
Scoring a brilliant 121 runs in 206 deliveries, Kohli’s knock helped the Indian cricket team to put up 438 runs on the scoreboard in the first innings of the second Test. He has been receiving praise for his stellar knock from all corners. From cricketers and experts to fans, everyone is hailing the brilliance of a star batter.
The legendary West Indies batter Brian Lara was another cricketer who lauded the sheer excellence of Kohli. Lara opined that no one can keep a player like Virat Kohli down for long. He said:
“He’s a great player, someone like that, you are not going to keep them down for long. If you do, some people have to pay at the end of the day. The way he has looked in the IPL and recently, he’s just an awesome player, and you can’t expect someone like that to be down for long,”
Talking about the game, riding on the stellar knocks of Rohit Sharma (80 runs off 143 balls), Virat Kohli (121 runs off 206 balls), and Ravindra Jadeja (61 runs off 152 balls), the Indian cricket team posted a total of 438 runs on the scoreboard. After team India’s brilliant performance with the bat the West Indies came out to bat, looking to put in an improved performance as compared to the first Test. Openers Tagenarine Chanderpaul and skipper Kraigg Brathwaite gave a solid start to the team.
Chanderpaul amassed 33 runs to his name and gave a solid start to the team. However, all-rounder Ravindra Jadeja took the first wicket and provided Team India a much-needed breakthrough. By the time stumps were called on Day 2, the Windies found themselves at the score of 86 runs with the loss of one wicket.
