IND vs WI: Virat Kohli repeats Sachin’s feat after 21 years, leaves these veterans behind

IND vs WI: Indian team’s star batsman Virat Kohli ended the drought of centuries on foreign soil after 5 years. On the second day of the second Test against the West Indies, Virat’s bat got the 29th century of his Test career.

Sachin Tendulkar scored his 29th century on this ground in the year 2002 :-

IND vs WI: Actually, Virat Kohli made another record in his 500th international cricket match. Virat Kohli hit his 29th Test century with a four in Port of Spain. In the year 2002, Sachin Tendulkar scored his 29th century on this ground. In that match against the West Indies, Sachin completed the 29th century of his Test career by taking two runs. Sachin played an inning of 117 runs in that match.

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IND vs WI: Virat Kohli five years later, a century on foreign soil :-

Now Kohli has repeated this feat by hitting a four against the West Indies on the same ground. Kohli has a special relationship with the West Indies. Whenever Kohli plays against the West Indies, he bats brilliantly. Kohli has scored 1000 runs in Tests against West Indies. Kohli has scored a century on foreign soil after five years. The last time he scored a century was in 2018 against Australia.

Kohli left Williamson, Clarke and Hashim Amla behind :-

IND vs WI: Virat Kohli has equaled Sir Don Bradman’s record by scoring his 29th century in Test cricket. He has left behind New Zealand’s Kane Williamson (28), South Africa’s Hashim Amla (28) and Australia’s Michael Clarke (28) in terms of Test centuries.

At the same time, only Steve Smith (32) and Joe Root (30) have scored more centuries than Virat among active players. Sachin Tendulkar (51), Rahul Dravid (36 centuries) and Sunil Gavaskar (34) have more Test centuries than Virat among Indian batsmen.