Indian batter Virat Kohli scored his twenty ninth Test hundred throughout his facet’s second Test in opposition to West Indies at Queen’s Park Oval, Port of Spain in Trinidad on Friday.
Kohli acquired to his 76th worldwide century with a canopy drive in opposition to Shannon Gabriel which raced away to the fence.
The right-handed batter, who’s taking part in his five hundredth worldwide match, began slowly on Day 1, counting on his defence to see off a disciplined West Indies bowling assault, which took 4 fast wickets to peg again India.
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In the final session, Kohli stepped on the accelerator as he discovered an ready associate in Ravindra Jadeja, to get to 87 on the finish of the primary day. The duo capitalised on some sluggish fielding from their opponents to maintain the scoreboard ticking with some sharp singles and doubles.
This was Kohli’s first abroad Test hundred since 2018. The 34-year-old, who turned the tenth cricketer to play 500 worldwide video games, additionally overtook Jacques Kallis into fifth place for many runs in worldwide cricket throughout his knock
After being put into bat, India began strongly with openers Rohit Sharma and Yashasvi Jaiwal placing up a century stand. But West Indies struck again within the second session, earlier than Kohli revived the Indian innings with a stirring knock.
Source: sportstar.thehindu.com