Virat Kohli climbed one more peak in worldwide cricket as he grew to become the primary participant to attain a ton in his five hundredth worldwide match. The former Indian cricket staff captain achieved the feat on the second day of the second Test towards West Indies in Trinidad. It was Kohli’s 76th worldwide ton, and his first abroad Test ton since 2018. Kohli now has 29 worldwide tons, equalling the file of the Australian legend Don Bradman. Also, Kohli now has probably the most variety of worldwide tons in 500 matches, surpassing Sachin Tendulkar, who scored 75 worldwide tons in his first 500 worldwide matches.

Kohli now has joint second-most variety of tons towards West Indies. His tally of 12 centuries is simply behind Sunil Gavaskar‘s mark of 13 centuries. South Africa’s Jacques Kallis additionally has 12 tons.

Watch: The Moment Kohli Equalled Bradman With Terrific Ton vs West Indies

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Earlier, on Day 1 of the second Test, Openers Rohit Sharma (80 off 143) and Yashasvi Jaiswal (57 off 74) shared a brisk 139-run stand to supply one other good launch pad earlier than the West Indies struck 4 occasions within the afternoon session to place brakes on India’s scoring fee on Thursday.

Kohli (87 batting off 161) and Ravindra Jadeja (36 batting off 84) performed some beautiful strokes within the remaining session and ensured India collected 106 runs in 33.2 overs with out dropping a wicket. Kohli, who obtained off the mark with a straight drive after consuming 20 dot balls, and headed into day two simply 13 runs shy of his first hundred in an abroad Test since December 2018. Majority of his six boundaries got here on the off aspect together with an image good cowl drive off a Kemar Roach half-volley within the 57th over.

With PTI inputs