Captain Virat Kohli scored his twenty-third test century in the third test against England, setting a world-record target of 521 to win, on 20 August.
Kohli’s runs came off 197 balls and was studded with 10 boundaries. He broke the record held by Mohammad Azharuddin, who had scored 426 runs in the three-match Test series in England in 1990.
Applauding Kohli’s feat was none other than his wife, Anushka Sharma.
Anushka blew kisses to Kohli as he scored his record-breaking century at Trent Bridge in Nottingham.
Kohli replied back with flying kisses off his bat too!
Among those who lauded Kohli’s century on social media were Sachin Tendulkar, Michael Vaughan, and Rajdeep Sardesai. Vaughan wrote that Kohli is “no question at all the best player in the world (sic.).”
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