Virat Kohli’s 100th Test: Will wait for century end in Mohali?

Virat Kohli’s 100th Test: Will 28 months wait for century end in Mohali? Virat Kohli will be on a mission “I M Possible” when he takes the field on March 4 in Mohali Test. The former India captain will be keen to break his century drought spanning 28 months for the elusive 71^st ton. The hundred will take him on the elite list of players who scored tons on the 100^th Test match. They are Ricky Ponting (Australia), Graeme Smith (South Africa) and Joe Root (England). Follow IND vs SL live updates on InsideSport.IN

Former India great Sunil Gavaskar has backed Kohli to slam the century on the special occasion.

“I hope he [Virat Kohli] celebrates his 100th Test with a 100. Not many batsmen has done that. I know Colin Cowdrey, who was probably the first to play 100 Test matches, scored a hundred in his 100th Test. I know Javed Miandad has done it. Alex Stewart has down it,” Gavaskar told Star Sports.

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Virat Kohli can become the first Indian player to achieve the feat and 10^th Even Sachin Tendulkar, Ganguly or Dravid couldn’t hit tons on 100^th Test.
M Cowdrey of England was the first player to achieve the landmark in 1968.
Ricky Ponting is the lone player who scored twin centuries in his 100^th Test while playing against South Africa
Kohli could also complete 8000 runs in the test when he completes 38 runs against Sri Lanka in 1^st
The 33-year-old is set to join a number of big stalwarts like Sachin Tendulkar, Virender Sehwag, Sunil Gavaskar, Ishant Sharma, among others in 100 or more Test list

Virat Kohli’s 100th Test: Will 28 months wait for century end in Mohali? Can Kohli join Ponting, Smith, Root in 100 in 100th TEST CLUB?

Virat Kohli is all set to achieve these 3 big records in his 100^th Test

Needs 38 more runs to complete 8,000 runs in Test cricket
Can equal Ricky Ponting’s record with his 71^st international century
Set to join Sachin Tendulkar on elite list- 100 or more Tests

Most matches – India
Player	Span	Mat	Runs	HS	Ave	100	Wkts	BBI	Ave	5	Ct	St
SR Tendulkar	1989-2013	200	15921	248*	53.78	51	46	3/10	54.17	0	115	0
R Dravid	1996-2012	163	13265	270	52.63	36	1	1/18	39.00	0	209	0
VVS Laxman	1996-2012	134	8781	281	45.97	17	2	1/2	63.00	0	135	0
A Kumble	1990-2008	132	2506	110*	17.77	1	619	10/74	29.65	35	60	0
N Kapil Dev	1978-1994	131	5248	163	31.05	8	434	9/83	29.64	23	64	0
SM Gavaskar	1971-1987	125	10122	236*	51.12	34	1	1/34	206.00	0	108	0
DB Vengsarkar	1976-1992	116	6868	166	42.13	17	0	–	–	0	78	0
SC Ganguly	1996-2008	113	7212	239	42.17	16	32	3/28	52.53	0	71	0
I Sharma	2007-2021	105	785	57	8.26	0	311	7/74	32.40	11	23	0
Harbhajan Singh	1998-2015	103	2224	115	18.22	2	417	8/84	32.46	25	42	0
V Sehwag	2001-2013	103	8503	319	49.43	23	40	5/104	47.35	1	90	0
M Azharuddin	1984-2000	99	6215	199	45.03	22	0	–	–	0	105	0