Virat Kohli was once more India’s lone warrior amid destruction because the two-time finalists discovered themselves in hassle within the first Test towards South Africa in Centurion on Boxing Day. India had been lowered to 24/3 with the debutant Nandre Burger operating by way of the top-order earlier than Kohli together with Shreyas Iyer gave his facet some respite from the procession after shedding the toss. The duo took India by way of to lunch with out anymore hiccups as they stitched an unbeaten 67-run stand within the first session with Kohli trying strong as ordinary.
However, Kohli’s persistence and defence was breached by an on-song Rabada, who registered his first-ever five-wicket haul towards India throughout codecs. Kohli, Iyer and Ashwin bought out in fast succession after the lunch break however not earlier than the previous India captain grew to become the leading run-getter for India in World Test Championship historical past. Kohli surpassed Indian captain Rohit Sharma on the listing, who bought out for simply 5.
Most runs for India in WTC 2019-25
Virat Kohli – 2101 runs in 57 innings
Rohit Sharma – 2097 runs in 42 innings
Cheteshwar Pujara – 1769 runs in 62 innings
Ajinkya Rahane – 1589 runs in 49 innings
Rishabh Pant – 1575 runs in 41 innings
Kohli is now tenth on the listing general behind Sri Lankan captain Dimuth Karunaratne, who has 2160 runs to his identify within the WTC.
Kohli was caught behind by Rabada for 38 and he continued his wickets march with the scalp of Shardul Thakur later within the post-lunch session, who performed a breezy knock of 24. KL Rahul is batting properly on 39 however India want somebody to stick with the wicketkeeper batter in order that they’ll get to a rating of round 220, which might be aggressive on this floor. India had been 175/7 at tea.
