Virat Kohli’s Test career has been great so far. Recently he completed 12,000 runs in Test cricket in India and became the fourth batsman in the world to score over 27000 international runs in his career joining Sachin Tendulkar, Ricky Ponting, and Kumar Sangakkara. He played a memorable innings in the Pune Test against South Africa in 2019 at Maharashtra Cricket Association Stadium Pune. Kohli scored a double-century not out and led India to victory.
He has completed 13 years in Test cricket. Virat Kohli played his debut Test match against West Indies in June 2011. Kohli has played many memorable innings during his career. He played one innings against South Africa, which went down in history. Kohli scored an unbeaten double-century in the Pune Test. India registered a spectacular victory in this match.
IND vs SA Test series 2nd match at Pune in 2019, Virat Kohli’s 254*
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The South African team came on a tour of India in the year 2019. The second match of the Test series between India and South Africa was played in Pune. The Indian team came to bat first. It declared the innings after scoring 601 runs. During this, Virat Kohli faced 336 balls and scored an unbeaten 254 runs. Kohli’s innings included 33 fours and 2 sixes. Kohli’s innings was memorable. India won this match by an innings and 137 runs.
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South African players were all out for a score of 275 runs in the first innings. During this, captain Faf du Plessis scored 64 runs. Ravichandran Ashwin took 4 wickets for India. Umesh Yadav took 3 wickets. Mohammed Shami took 2 wickets.
After this, Team India was given a follow-on. South African team was all out for a score of 189 runs in the second innings. Umesh Yadav and Ravindra Jadeja took 3 wickets each for India in the second innings. Ashwin had 2 successes. Ishant Sharma and Shami took one wicket each.
Let us tell you that Virat Kohli has played 115 Test matches so far. During this, he has scored 8947 runs. Kohli has scored 29 centuries and 30 half-centuries. He has also scored 7 double centuries. Kohli is ranked fourth in terms of scoring the most double-centuries in Tests.
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