‘You could tell right from the get-go he meant’, Mark Waugh’s remark after Kohli smashes 186 against AUS
Virat Kohli on Sunday ended his wait of more than three years for a Test hundred by scoring 186 off 364 balls in the fourth Test against Australia. The match ended in a draw on Monday, thus securing a 2–1 win for India in the Border-Gavaskar Trophy and a place in the WTC final, which was confirmed even before tea on the fourth day after Sri Lanka’s loss to New Zealand . An exciting first Test between the two sides.
Former Australia opener Mark Waugh said on Fox Cricket –
“The drought’s over. The gates have opened, you could tell right from the get-go he meant business. He played very few risky shots. He was so patient, just picked the bowling off.”
Mark Waugh, who had caused a flutter when he heavily criticised Kohli for his slip catching technique while being part of the commentary team in the series for the first two Tests, said that he feels Kohli is not back to the kind of level when he was at his peak before 2019 and yet he performed this well.
He said – “I don’t think he’s at his pure best at the moment, as far as his Test career is concerned … but it just shows you his class.”
Kohli was the Player of the Match –
Kohli was awarded the Player of the Match for this innings. He said he was happy to do what the team required of him but was not keen to prove anything by ending the drought of the century.
