Virat Kohli, who returned to Perth to play Test cricket after 6 years, has finally retained his love for this city. Virat, who had failed to play a big innings for a long time, ended this wait in Perth. Virat Kohli scored a brilliant century on the third day of the first match of the Border-Gavaskar Trophy being played at the Optus Stadium. In the second innings, after an excellent start from Yashasvi Jaiswal and KL Rahul, Virat took charge and scored the 30th century of his Test career. With his century, Virat left behind even the greatest batsmen like Sachin Tendulkar and Don Bradman.

Virat Kohli was waiting for a big innings for a long time and questions were being raised on him. In such a situation, it was expected that he would end this wait in Australia because his bat has always been raining on this land. Kohli, who was out for just 5 runs in the first innings, made a comeback in the second innings and ended the drought of century in Test cricket after 491 days. Virat has also made some excellent records with this innings.

Virat's flag in Perth

1. Virat Kohli has scored the 30th century of his Test career. In this way, he has become the fourth Indian to score 30 or more centuries in Tests. Before him, Sachin Tendulkar (51), Rahul Dravid (36) and Sunil Gavaskar (34) had done this feat.
2. With this century, Virat Kohli left behind the greatest batsman Sir Don Bradman. Bradman had scored 29 centuries. The interesting thing is that Virat left Bradman behind in Australia itself.
3. Also, this is Virat Kohli's 7th Test century on Australian soil, which is the highest by any Indian batsman. He broke the record of Sachin (6).
4. Virat Kohli has come second in terms of foreign players who have scored the most centuries on Australian soil. He equaled former England legend Wally Hammond (7). Ahead of him is England's great batsman Jack Hobbs (11).
5. Virat Kohli scored his 9th century in his Test career against Australia. After Sachin Tendulkar (11), he became the second Indian to score the most centuries against Australia.
6. At the same time, he has equaled Sachin's record in terms of scoring most centuries in the history of Border-Gavaskar Trophy. Both now have 9-9 centuries in their names.
7. This is the 81st century of Virat's international career and he has achieved this feat in just 603 innings.
8. Virat Kohli became the fifth Indian batsman to complete 2000 runs in the Border-Gavaskar Trophy. Before him, Sachin Tendulkar, Rahul Dravid, VVS Laxman and Cheteshwar Pujara have done this.