Tests in India are boring, far too in favour of batsmen: Vaughan
Cricket | Oct 11, 2019, 04:25 PM ISTMichael Vaughan was of the view that Test match pitches in India offer lop-sided contests.
Michael Vaughan was of the view that Test match pitches in India offer lop-sided contests.
It was the 15th time that Kohli bettered his highest-individual score, which is the most by a player in their career.
Kohli now has seven double hundreds in Test cricket -- the most by an Indian batsman as he surpassed Virender Sehwag to become joint-fourth highest in the all-time list.
Kohli on Friday notched up his 26th Test century, his first in 10 innings after his triple-figure mark in Perth last December and subsequently broke a plethora of records.
With the century, Virat Kohli surpassed the legendary Sunil Gavaskar to become fourth-fastest to score 26 Test tons.
The update came during the 88th over of India's innings on day 2 of the second Test of the three-Test series.
Theunis de Bruyn (20) and Anrich Nortje (2) will resume South Africa's innings tomorrow. The visitors trail India by 565 runs.
Rabada was the only Proteas bowler, who made some kind of impact with figures of 3 for 48 in India's 273 for 3 on the first day of the second Test.
Rabada did say a few words to Pujara after dismissing him for 58, perhaps letting a bit of his frustration out as he was unlucky not to get him out on zero due to a dropped catch.
Pujara has seen a lot of Agarwal in the domestic arena and believes it is the consistent scores in domestic cricket that has made him what he is today.
Coming back to the venue that witnessed his first-class resurgence, Mayank scored 108 runs to not just steady India's ship on the moist Pune track, but also book a berth for a long run as India's primary-choice opener.
Opener Mayank Agarwal slammed his second consecutive Test hundred on Thursday, putting India in a solid position against South Africa.
Mayank Agarwal scored his second century in Test cricket with a battling innings against South Africa at the MCA Stadium in Pune.
With the second Test between India and South Africa in Pune being his 50th as a Test skipper of India, Kohli surpassed former Indian cricketer Sourav Ganguly to stand only behind veteran cricketer MS Dhoni in the elite list.
Mayank's rich vein of form continued as he looked in complete command for his 108 off 195 balls, having made a sublime 215 in the series opener in Visakhapatnam last week.
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Priya Punia and Jeminah Rodrigues scored fifties as India beat South Africa by 8 wickets in the first women's ODI at Vadodara.
Mohammed Shami bowled a lethal spell on the fifth day in Visakhapatnam that went a long way in India winning the first Test by 203 runs.
Rohit Sharma made a brilliant start to his role as an opener in the Indian team, scoring hundreds in both the innings of the match.
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