Virat Kohli threw away his wicket in the first innings when he was just three runs away from a second Test hundred in England during India’s first innings in the ongoing third Test between India and England at Trent Bridge.
Virat Kohli threw away his wicket in the first innings when he was just three runs away from a second Test hundred in England during India’s first innings in the ongoing third Test between India and England at Trent Bridge.
However, Kohli returned even stronger in the second innings and registered his second ton in England in the longest format and overall his 23rd Test hundred.
In the meantime, he also became India’s highest scorer as captain in Tests outside India after he surpassed Sourav Ganguly’s 1,693 runs.
On the third day, when Kohli was fighting the nervous 90s again, he already had become India’s captain with most runs in a Test series:
Virat Kohli - 449 vs Australia 2014-15
Virat Kohli – 286 vs South Africa 2017-18
Virat Kohli – 440 vs England 2018
Kohli now has recorded 58 centuries in international cricket: 29 tons in 129 innings as captain and 29 hundreds in 250 innings as just a player.
At the break, Ajinkya Rahane (17 not out) was giving Kohli company as India consolidated their overall lead to 438 runs. The duo had put on 46 runs for the unconquered fourth wicket stand.
Kohli continued his sedate partnership with Cheteshwar Pujara (72) after lunch as the duo went about their business in style.
The pair looked in no hurry as they continued grinding the English bowling attack.
India crossed 200 in the 63rd over with Kohli and Pujara bringing up their 100-run partnership off 270 balls.
Kohli also crossed the 400-run mark in this series, becoming only the second Indian captain after Mohammad Azharuddin (426) to do so against England. Overall, he is the sixth Indian batsman to achieve this feat.
Things were moving along nicely when Pujara edged a Ben Stokes' (2/53) delivery to Alastair Cook at first slip against the run of play.
Pujara faced 208 balls and struck nine fours. He put on 113 runs with Kohli for the third wicket.
Kohli and Rahane then batted with purpose as India's lead continued to swell with time.
England took the second new ball as soon as it became available, but to no avail.
Earlier, starting at the overnight score of 124 for 2, India had perfect conditions for batting on a humid and warm day and Kohli and Pujara looked to grind and play for time with no hurry whatsoever.
It could be seen in the manner Pujara took his sweet time to get going, even as Kohli set off quickly for the day. They scored 70 runs during the wicketless session.
James Anderson though bowled a superb spell in the morning and didn't let the batsmen score easily. He bowled seven overs in the first hour of play, including three maidens and gave away only seven runs.
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