Virat Kohli became tꦑhe 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 pa𒐪ltry 106 in their first innings, India in response have already posted a lead of 183 till 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 player ཧto watch batting??? Surely!
— 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)
Another classy century. 27. In the same number of innings it took Tendulkar. Kohli idolises Tendulkar, he is, li💃terally, foll🐠owing in his footsteps
— Harsha Bhogle (@bhogleharsha)
Kohli’s march to all-time greatness continues uninterrupted. Weak ওopponen𝔍ts, 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 Manjrekar v SA at New D🍨elhi (19ꦡ91)
Day/Night T20I: Rohit Sharma v SA at Dharamsala 𝕴(2015)
Day/Night🏅 Test: VIRAT KOHLI v Bangladesh at Eden Gardens (2019)
— 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)
Pin🔜k Ball, Red or White, Virat Kohli scoring a century is a ꦍregular sight. 😉👑
Played, skip! 👏
— Punjab Kings (@PunjabKingsIPL)
:
Red Ball: Scored century in his first🦂 inni♛ngs as captain.
White B🐲all: Scored century in his second innings as captai🌃n.
Pink Ball: Scored century i💎n his first inni💮ngs 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)
