Ahmedabad. Along with Virat Kohli, the wait of months for the whole of India is over. The whole country was waiting for his 75th international century, which ended on Sunday. In Ahmedabad, he has hit the 75th century of his career. He achieved this feat on the fourth day of the fourth Test against Australia. This is Kohli’s 28th Test century, for which everyone was waiting for the last 40 months. In fact, the Indian star had scored his last Test century against Bangladesh in 2019. Since then he was struggling with the drought of runs. This is Kohli’s first Test century in the last 40 months. He completed his 100 runs in 241 balls. As soon as Kohli took a single on the second ball of the 139th over, the whole stadium started celebrating. Kohli also celebrated his century by kissing his locket. read this also- Returned to the Test team after 7 years, will replace the injured player, will fulfill India’s wish! With this, Kohli became the second batsman after Tendulkar to score the most centuries against Australia in cricket history. He scored 16 centuries against this team and his journey is still going on. The great Indian batsman Sachin Tendulkar is at the forefront with 20 centuries. Kohli has become the third Indian batsman to score the most Test centuries against Australia. The long wait has finally ended for Virat Kohli 🔥#WTC23 | #INDvAUS | 📝 https://t.co/VJoLfVSeIF pic.twitter.com/JGZcVsHvHj — ICC (@ICC) March 12, 2023 Kohli becomes the third Indian This is Kohli’s 8th Test century against Australia. Sachin Tendulkar scored maximum 11 and Sunil Gavaskar scored 8 test centuries against this team. Gavaskar had done a wonderful job of scoring 8 centuries in 20 matches against Kohli’s 24 matches. Kohli scored the first 25 centuries in 184 innings. He scored his next 25 centuries in 164 innings and his next 25 centuries in 204 innings. read this also- VIDEO: Shikhar Dhawan will feed players food, ready to serve in front of the world
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