-Vinay Kumar
In the third and final match of the recently concluded 3-match ODI series against Bangladesh, Indian batsman Virat Kohli struck a chord with the bat and scored a blistering 113 off 91 balls. With this, after about 3 years, in the last two months, a blistering century came out of his bat. Earlier, in India’s last match of Asia Cup T20I-2022, Virat Kohli had scored 122 runs (not out) in just 61 balls against Afghanistan and those who criticized him for not scoring a century for 3 years, obviously, in themselves Must have been embarrassed. Virat Kohli, who returned to his best form, can fire runs against Bangladesh as well. If his bat goes here too, then another ‘Viraat record’ will be recorded in his international career.
This Test series against Bangladesh is very important for Virat Kohli. Remind you that in November 2019, in the Day Night Pink Ball Test match played at the Eden Gardens Stadium in Kolkata, Virat Kohli hit the 70th century of his career in international cricket. That match was also against Bangladesh. After that, no century came out of his bat for almost 3 years. For the first time after the year 2019, the Indian team will play a Test series against Bangladesh. If King Kohli is successful in scoring a century against Bangladesh, then he will have 28th century in international Test cricket and will equal Joe Root. Currently, he and former South African player Graeme Smith are tied with 27 centuries in Test cricket.
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Apart from this, if Virat Kohli manages to score 169 runs in the upcoming 2 Tests, he will overtake Rahul Dravid to become the second highest run-getter against Bangladesh. Rahul Dravid scored 560 runs in 10 matches against Bangladesh during his career. Currently, Virat Kohli has 392 runs in his account in just 5 matches against Bangladesh. In Tests, Sachin Tendulkar tops the list with 820 runs in 9 innings of 7 matches played against Bangladesh at an average of 136, including a double century and 5 centuries.