Virat Kohli was given a guard of honour by his teammates to commemorate his 100th Test match for India. He on Friday became the 12th cricketer to represent India in 100 Tests and the 71st overall.
As India came out to field in the first innings, the entire team lined up to give Kohli a guard of honour in recognition for the 100th Test match of his storied international career. Virat Kohli was as usual one of the first players to step on the field. This is when Rohit asked him to wait outside the field of play for some time before the players stood to give their former skipper a special guard of honour.
Kohli acknowledged the gesture from his teammates. In a video shared by the BCCI on its official Twitter handle, Kohli can be seen smiling as he steps onto the ground with his teammates cheering for him.
Earlier on day 1 Kohli played a solid 45-run knock in the first innings before being dismissed by the left-arm spinner Lasith Embuldeniya. Earlier, Kohli received a special cap to commemorate his historic achievement ahead of the Mohali game by the team’s head coach Rahul Dravid. He urged Virat Kohli to “double it up”. Kohli’s wife Anushka Sharma also joined the cricketer at the felicitation ceremony.
Talking about the match, India posted an enormous total of 574/8 in the first innings before skipper Rohit declared the innings as all-rounder Ravindra Jadeja was batting on 175 along with Mohammed Shami (20).