Virat Kohli betters another Sachin Tendulkar record, becomes 4th fastest to 21 test centuries

India skipper Virat Kohli notched up his 21st century in Test cricket on Day Three of the second match against South Africa at the SuperSport Park on Monday. The 29-year-old swashbuckling batsman achieved the feat off 146 balls with ten boundaries.

Kohli reached the three-figure mark in the 67th over when he worked first ball of Lungi Ngidi's 12th over towards mid-on. This is Kohli's second hundred in South Africa. He had earlier scored 119 in Johannesburg in 2013.

With this century, the right-handed batsman became the second Indian captain after Sachin Tendulkar to score a Test hundred in South Africa.

Kohli also became the fourth fastest batsman and second fastest Indian to reach the 21-century mark in Test cricket, reaching the milestone in 109 innings. He pushed Sachin Tendulkar down to the fifth position, The master blaster has taken 110 innings to reach the mark.

Steven Smith is the third fastest, having taken 105 innings to score 21 Test tons. Former Indian batting great Sunil Gavaskar is second on the list, while the great Aussie Don Bradman tops the list, having taken only 56 innings to reach the mark.

Kohli's unbeaten century in the first innings not only has kept India in the match, it has once again showed why he is considered the best Indian batsman of this generation. Despite wickets falling all around him, Kohli kept his cool and batted with great composure to reach the three-figure mark.