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Virat Kohli has retired from Test cricket. He gave this information through Instagram Post on Monday. Kohli scored 30 centuries in the Test, with 254 not out of his best score.
In this story, Virat will take a look at 10 best innings of 14 -year Test career.
1. Donald remembered Tendulkar from Kohli’s innings, (2013) During the 2013-14 season, India had to play four foreign series in 13 months. The first tour began in South Africa in December 2013. In the first innings of the first Test of the 2 -match series, Kohli proved the form by playing 119 innings. About this innings, the then South Africa bowling coach Alan Donald said that ‘this innings reminds him of Tendulkar’. Kohli began to quit a large extent in the initial extent under the seaming conditions against Dale Steyn, Morne Morkel and Vernon Philander and then started playing openly and targeted the spinners. At the same time, in the second innings, he missed out on a century by 4 runs. He was dismissed for 96 runs. However, India managed to draw a match thanks to this brilliant innings of Kohli.
2. 105* Wellington Test Drew by playing an innings, (2014) At the Test played in Wellington in 2014, it seemed that India would easily win this match. However, Brandon McCallum played an innings of 302 runs in the second innings and the New Zealand team declared the innings of 680/8 on the fifth day and gave India a target of 435 runs. It seemed that India would lose. After this, Kohli played brilliant shots around the wicket and scored 105 not out, which reduced the pressure from India and managed to draw.
3. century in both innings in Adelaide, (2014) Kohli visited Australia in 2014. MS Dhoni had retired in the beach series. After this, Kohli was handed over the captaincy. Adelaide Test Kohli was the first match as a regular test captain. Kohli scored 115 runs in the first innings. After this, chasing 364 runs in the second innings, scoring 141 runs. Despite this, India lost this match by 48 runs. But this match was excellent for Kohli.
4. 169 runs in 272 balls in Melbourne Test, (2014) Kohli had made his mark by scoring two centuries in Adelaide. After this, Kohli played another great innings in the Melbourne Test of the same series. Australia scored 530 runs in the first innings, in response to which India needed a major partnership. Kohli, along with Ajinkya Rahane, shared a 262 -run partnership for the fourth wicket. Kohli scored 169 runs in 272 balls, including 18 fours. The match was a draw, but Kohli’s innings was a great performance of his captaincy capacity.
5. The first double century and the beginning of the dominance, (2016) In the first Test of the West Indies tour in 2016, Virat scored the first double century of his Test career. He scored 200 runs in 283 balls in North Sound’s Antigua, including 24 fours. His marathon innings helped India score a big score in the first innings. India won this match easily and this double century of Kohli proved to be a significant turn in his career.
6. 235 runs against England, (2016) In the fourth Test of England’s tour of India in 2016, Virat Kohli played a brilliant innings of 235 runs at the Wankhede Stadium, which was his best score in Test cricket at that time. Virat Kohli batting on a pitch that was proving to be helpful for spin from the beginning, faced England spinners and fast bowlers well. This helped the Indian team win the innings and win the series. Kohli batted for about nine hours. During this time he faced 340 balls, with 25 fours and a six.
7. Unbeaten Century on Grass Pitch, (2017) In 2017, the grass pitch was in Kolkata to prepare for the tour of South Africa and the Sri Lankan team was in front. Team India was reduced to 172 in the first innings. After this, in the second innings, Kohli scored an unbeaten 104 in 119 balls. There Team India scored 352 runs. Sri Lanka’s score was 75/7 and the last day ended due to poor light -affected matches ended early and drained.
8. Kohli’s first century in England, (2018) This was Kohli’s first century in England. Kohli scored 149 runs in his first innings on his return to England, helping to forget the 2014 disappointing tour, where he was able to score only 134 runs in 10 innings. He also became another Indian after Sachin Tendulkar, who scored a Test century in Edgbaston. Despite his brilliant batting, India lost the match by 31 runs.
9. Perth’s hard wicket century, (2018) In the year 2018, Kohli stayed in front of the bounce and speed of the Perth Test. His bat scored 123 runs. The next best score in this match after him was 70 runs. In this match, the fingers of the batsmen were breaking, the ball was falling on the helmet, the wickets were falling. But, looking at Kohli, it seemed as if he was batting on another pitch. This was one of his best innings.
10. 254* runs against South Africa, Best innings of Test, (2019) In the Test played in Pune against South Africa in October 2019, Virat played the best innings of his Test career. He scored an unbeaten 254, with 336 balls and hit 33 fours and 2 sixes. He played a long partnership with Ajinkya Rahane and brought India to a big score of 601 runs. India won the match by an innings and 137 runs and Kohli’s innings was a proof of his batting greatness.
