Virat Kohli will play his 100th Test match against Sri Lanka on Friday, 4th March. Former India captain Virat Kohli has 27 hundreds and 28 half-centuries in Test cricket before he is set to take the field for the 100th appearance for India in red-ball cricket against Sri Lanka.
Notably, this Test match is also special occasion for Rohit who will lead Team India in red-ball cricket for the first time. He has been appointed as the new India all-format captain after Kohli’s resignation from Test captaincy following the series defeat in South Africa earlier this year. While, Rohit Sharma lavished huge praise on Virat Kohli ahead of his 100th Test match.
Rohit went on to say that Kohli deserves all the credit for making India the top-ranked Test team, and he will try to carry forward the job. “It’s been a brilliant journey for him and a long one since he made his debut. Now to go and play his 100th game, it’s been a wonderful one. He has done exceedingly well in this format, changed so many things in the way team is moving forward, it’s been brilliant to watch that.” Rohit said in the virtual press conference ahead of the Mohali Test.
When asked his favourite Kohli knock, Rohit picked Kohli’s Test hundred in South Africa, back in 2013. “As an individual, my best memory of him is his Test hundred against South Africa in 2013. The pitch we were batting on was very challenging; it had a lot of bounce and a lot of us were playing a Test in South Africa for the first time. He scored a hundred in first innings and 90 odd in the second innings. That hundred for me is his best. Then there is Perth 2018 but 2013 South Africa beats Perth,” Rohit said.