The Covid-19 pandemic ensured India next played a Test match in December, which was the pink ball Test against Australia. Australia's Steve Smith scored 212 runs in the Sydney Test, including his 27th Test century and went past India captain Virat Kohli to reach the No. Sachin Tendulkar and Virender Sehwag hit six double centuries … Virat Kohli’s tally of 20 Test centuries as captain is the most for an Indian captain. Not Virat Kohli, but these Indian batsmen flourished at The Gabba against Australia. He has gone past Sunil Gavaskar’s record of 11 Test centuries as captain. Virat Kohli scored his highest Test score against South Africa in 2019. Kohli made his Test debut against the archipelago in 2011 and scored his first century within the format during the Australian tour in January 2012. within the first Test of the 2014-15 Border Gavaskar Trophy, he becomes the fourth Indian player to attain centuries in both innings of a matched game after making 115 and 141. Virat was sent to bat at number six as the Indian team had more dependable batsmen like Yuvraj Singh and Rahul Dravid. He smashed 692 from four Tests as … Tenkular smashed a ton (116) and a fifty (52) during the Boxing Day Test in the 1999. In 2014/15, Kohli surpassed the great Rahul Dravid's record of aggregating most runs by an Indian in a Test series against Australia. He scored 116 runs on 24th January 2012 in Australia. Virat Kohli is an Indian cricketer and the current captain of the national team. Virat Kohli has scored 27 Test centuries in his career playing for India. Also, his tally of seven Test double centuries is highest for an Indian batsman. Virat’s first test century itself was against Australia. against Australia at that time. The match was played in Adelaide Oval stadium and even though Virat scored a hundred, India ended up losing the match. DNA Web Team; Jan 13, 2021, 09:07 PM IST Kohli, meanwhile, also notched up a century (169) and a fifty (54) in the same Test 15 years later in 2014. Team India kept the series levelled at 1-1 and will now face Australia at the Gabba Test of the Border-Gavaskar Trophy. Kohli scored his first Test century against Australia at Adelaide Oval in 2012. 2 spot in the ICC Test rankings. India vs Australia: India's four-match Test series in Australia will be a chance for Virat Kohli to become the Indian batsman with most Test centuries on Australian soil. https://cricket.yahoo.net/news/look-virat-kohlis-numbers-against-115914083 Virat Kohli will be returning to lead the Indian side after missing the final three Tests against Australia Here is a look at top five Indian batsmen with most Test centuries against England India are all set to host England for a four-match Test series at home starting from February 05. Besides this, Kohli and Tendulkar also share one more identical record against the Aussies. Virat scored his highest Test individual score of 254 against South Africa at Pune in 2019.