Virat Kohli On His 100th Test: 'Felt Like Making Debut, Had Butterflies In Stomach'

Batting great Virat Kohli on Friday said he felt like starting his career all over again. Playing in his 100th Test, the former바카라 웹사이트India captain scored 45 as the hosts posted 357/6 against바카라 웹사이트Sri Lanka at the close of Day 1 in the first Test.

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Kohli was felicitated by the Indian cricket board (BCCI) before the start of the play in Mohali with head coach Rahul Dravid presenting him a commemorative cap and a memento with the 33-year-old's actor wife Anushka Sharma also present in the바카라 웹사이트ceremony.

But Kohli, who last scored an international century in바카라 웹사이트November 2019 against Bangladesh, failed to make the바카라 웹사이트most out of the occasion, falling five runs short of a half-century. He, however, sounded unperturbed.

"I am preparing as I have always prepared. As long as I am바카라 웹사이트batting well, I am not bothered. We are somehow crazy바카라 웹사이트about milestones and materialistic achievements," Kohli said바카라 웹사이트after his knock, which featured five fours.

How however admitted that "it felt like바카라 웹사이트I am making my debut. Had butterflies in my stomach, did바카라 웹사이트feel very nervous."

Kohli, who made his Test India debut in 2011, became the바카라 웹사이트12th Indian and 71st player overall to complete a century of바카라 웹사이트Test matches after appearing in the Mohali Test. He took 10바카라 웹사이트years and 257 days to reach this milestone.

During his 76-ball knock, Kohli also became the sixth Indian and 32nd batter overall to complete 8000 runs in Tests. But Kohli, well aware of his slump, admitted that he needs to바카라 웹사이트convert the starts.

"Obviously disappointed as I got a good start. I was batting바카라 웹사이트well. You obviously feel disappointed as a batsman.바카라 웹사이트Endeavour is always to make sure to play a big innings for the team and put the team in a strong position," he said.바카라 웹사이트바카라 웹사이트He was however quick to present the reality, that of living in a COVID-19 world and also the fact that playing all바카라 웹사이트formats and also the Indian Premier League is taking a toll.

"It's not an easy environment to get away from the game and바카라 웹사이트work on things you need to finetune," Kohli added. "It's바카라 웹사이트been tough playing three formats and IPL for so long. Proud바카라 웹사이트of how I have handled my physique, my body."

Kohli relinquished Test captaincy during the turbulent tour of바카라 웹사이트South Africa in controversial circumstances. In the IPL too,바카라 웹사이트he will not lead Royal Challenger Bangalore, having already바카라 웹사이트stepped down as the skipper of the team.

Meanwhile, his successor Rohit Sharma became the 35th바카라 웹사이트player to lead India in Test cricket.

Rohit won the toss and elected to bat first. None of the바카라 웹사이트Indian batters managed to reach the three-figure score but바카라 웹사이트a stream of middling stands helped the host reach an바카라 웹사이트intimidating 357/6.

Rishabh Pant top-scored with 97-ball 96 runs while Hanuma바카라 웹사이트Vihari and Ravindra Jadeja contributed with 58 off 128 and바카라 웹사이트45 not out off 82. Ravichandran Ashwin was the other바카라 웹사이트unbeaten batter at the close of play on Day 1, on 10 not out바카라 웹사이트off 11.

For the record, this was India's 14th 350+ runs on the바카라 웹사이트opening day of a Test, six of those coming against Sri바카라 웹사이트Lanka.