Virat Kohli 100th Test: Sourav Ganguly makes BIG prediction – The past few months have been tumultuous for Sourav Ganguly and Virat Kohli. Both former captains have been subjected to controversies after Kohli indirectly accused Ganguly of lying while the BCCI President apparently wanted to showcase him. But ahead of his 100th Test, Ganguly only has good luck to wish and has a big prediction to make: Kohli will come back and score a hundred’. Follow IND vs SL Test Series Live Updates on InsideSport.IN.
“To begin with, you need to be a very good player to get there. Very few people in Indian cricket have played 100 Test matches. It’s a fantastic landmark. Virat is a great player and deserves every bit of it,” Sourav Ganguly told Hindustan Times from London where he is on a family vacation.
Virat Kohli 100th Test: Sourav Ganguly brushes aside animosity with Kohli, makes BIG prediction, ‘Kohli will come back to score Hundred’
Indian players to play 100 Test matches
| No | Player | Country | Career | Tests |
| 1 | Sachin Tendulkar | India | 1989-2013 | 200 |
| 2 | Rahul Dravid | India | 1996-2012 | 164 |
| 3 | VVS Laxman | India | 1996-2012 | 134 |
| 4 | Anil Kumble | India | 1990-2008 | 132 |
| 5 | Kapil Dev | India | 1978-1994 | 131 |
| 6 | Sunil Gavaskar | India | 1971-1987 | 125 |
| 7 | Dilip Vengsarkar | India | 1976-1992 | 116 |
| 8 | Sachin Ganguly | India | 1996-2008 | 113 |
| 9 | Ishant Sharma* | India | 2007- | 105 |
| 10 | Virender Sehwag | India | 2001-2013 | 104 |
| 11 | Harbhajan Singh | India | 1998-2015 | 103 |
Virat Kohli 100th Test: Sourav Ganguly brushes aside animosity with Kohli, makes BIG prediction, ‘Kohli will come back to score Hundred’
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Virat Kohli 100th Test: Sourav Ganguly brushes aside animosity with Kohli, makes BIG prediction, ‘Kohli will come back to score Hundred’
Virat Kohli will join Sourav Ganguly, Sachin Tendulkar, Rahul Dravid and Sunil Gavaskar amongst seven others to play 100 Test matches. On Friday, Kohli will also enter the elite club in Mohali when India take on Sri Lanka in the 1st Test. However, unlike previous years, Kohli’s struggle with form in Test has been the dominant topic. But Ganguly is confident of a BIG Kohli hundred.
“He will come back and get hundreds. I know about all this talk, with him not getting a hundred for over two years. But he is too good a player to consistently go through this. He will get past this phase too. He knows how to get hundreds otherwise he would not have got 70 of them. As a former player, I know he will start scoring them again. He has enormous ability, so it’s a matter of time,” Sourav Ganguly said.
Virat Kohli 100th Test: Sourav Ganguly brushes aside animosity with Kohli, makes BIG prediction, ‘Kohli will come back to score Hundred’
Kohli made his limited-overs India debut in 2008, the same year when Ganguly retired from Tests. By then, Ganguly was already done playing limited-overs cricket and Kohli’s Test debut would come three years later.
“I haven’t played with him. But I have always followed his game. Having been involved in different capacities, I have always tracked his cricket. I have seen his career from when it started and how it took a different turn after a few years and it has now gone to greatness.”
“His technique, his positivity, his footwork, his balance…I like all of that” he said. “Above all, the way Virat changed his game after 2014 in England when he was struggling. I saw that Test series because I was working as a commentator there. And he had a remarkable five years after that. That’s what normally happens. I saw that with Rahul Dravid between 2002 to 2005. You see great players having these phases where they are at their peak. Sachin had many,” Ganguly said.
Virat Kohli 100th Test: Sourav Ganguly brushes aside animosity with Kohli, makes BIG prediction, ‘Kohli will come back to score Hundred’
