Virat Kohli be🐎came the first Indian batsman to smash a ton in Pink Ball Test at the Eden Gardens in Kolkata on Saturday.
In the process, the Indian skipper scored his 27th Test century. Kohli reached the landmark with a double off left-arm spinner Taijul Islam in the 68th over. He completed 🔯his hundred off 159 balls, which was laced with 12 fours.
Kohli came out in the middle when India were 43/2 after losing both the openers – Mayank Agarwal and Rohit Sharma -early. The captain first put up a 94-run partnership with Cheteshwar Pujara (55) and followed it with a 99 runs stand with Ajinkya Rahane (51).
After 🌜bowling Bangladesh out for a paltry 106 in their first innings, India in response have already posted a lead of 183 til𒉰l lunch on Day 2.
Here’s how Twitter reacted:
Red Ball … White Ball … Now Pink Ball … is the best Batsman across all formats in this era … #100
— Michael Vaughan (@MichaelVaughan)
20th Test century as Captain of India ✅
27th Test century of his career ✅
70th International century ✅
41st international century as captain (joint-most)✅
1st Indian to hit a century in day/night Test ✅— BCCI (@BCCI)
He’s on one here! Best play🅠er to watch batting??? S𒀰urely!
— Isa Guha (@isaguha)
Virat Kohli
– Becomes 1st Indian to score a ton in red, white and pink ball cricket
– 1st Indian to hit 💯 in D/N Test
– Scores his 70th international ton (just 2 years back he brought his 50th international ton at Eden Gardens)
– 27th Test hundred and 20th as captain— Sarang Bhalerao (@bhaleraosarang)
Ano🗹ther classy century. 27. In the same number of innings it took Tendulkar. Kohli idolises Tendulkar, he is, literally, following in his footsteps
— Harsha Bhogle (@bhogleharsha)
Kohli’s march to all𝓡-time greatness continues uninterrupted. Weak opponents, sure, but a century does not come as a gift. And what an amazing converion rate!
— Cricketwallah (@cricketwallah)
Another 💯 what a player 👑 👏👏👏🇮🇳🙌🙏🙏
— Rahul Sharma (@ImRahulSharma3)
Most international 100s
100 Tendulkar (782 inns)
71 Ponting (668 inns)
70 Kohli (438 inns)— Mohandas Menon (@mohanstatsman)
First Indians to hit a ton in:
Day/Night ODI: Sanjay Manjreka♎r v SA at New Delhi (1991)
Day/Night T20I: Rohit Sharma v SA at Dharamsala (🌊2015)
Day/Night Test: VIRAT KOHLI v Bangladesh at Eden Gardens (ꩵ2019)
— Sarang Bhalerao (@bhaleraosarang)
— betvisa68.com (@CricketTimesHQ)
Wah virat wah
— R P Singh रुद्र प्रताप सिंह (@rpsingh)
Another Feather in the Cap👏🙏🏻
Fastest to 70 International Hundreds:
Virat Kohli – 439 Innings🔥
Sachin Tendulkar – 505 Innings
Ricky Ponting – 649 Innings— Virat Kohli Trends™ (@TrendVirat)
What a way to make your debut!
Virat now has the 2nd most centuries as a captain – 20. Only Graeme Smith has more, with 25.— Royal Challengers Bangalore (@RCBTweets)
Pink Ball, R🏅ed or White, Virat Kohli scoring a century is a regular sight. 😉👑
Played, skip! 👏
— Punjab Kings (@PunjabKingsIPL)
:
Red Ball: Scored centur꧒y in his first inningꦇs as captain.
White Ball: Scored cenꦰtury in his second innings as captain.
Pink Ball: 🀅Scored century in his first innings as captain.
😊😊😊
— KARTHIK DP (@dp_karthik)
First to score hundred for India in
Test: Lala Amarnath (1933/34)
D/N Test: Virat Kohli (2019/20)ODI: Kapil Dev (1983)
D/N ODI: Sanjay Manjrekar (1991)T20I: Suresh Raina (2010)
D/N (Night) T20I: Rohit Sharma (2015)— satish singh (@satish81)
