India vs Sri Lanka: Ravi Shastri All-Praise For Virat Kohli Following Century in Kolkata - JPKee.com

New Delhi: India dominated the first Test match in Kolkata against Sri Lanka and Virat Kohli came out in flying colours with an unbeaten hundred to set up a tantalising final innings of the game. Ravi Shastri, the coach of the Indian team, meanwhile cannot stop singing praises of his favourite one who got his 50^th international century in the game.

“Sky is the limit. He (Kohli) is a fabulous player and I am very happy,” Shastri said on the sidelines of a promotional event after the first Test against between India and Sri Lanka ended in a draw.

Kohli’s hunger for runs and his ability to convert half- centuries into hundreds was on full view as he bounced back from his first innings duck to score an unbeaten 104 to take India within sniffing distance of a glorious win after being on the backfoot in the first four days.

Wickets fell around him but the Indian skipper kept his calm and raced to his 18th Test century.

In the list of most number of centuries, Kohli sits at number eighth behind Brian Lara (53), Mahela Jayawardene (54), Hashim Amla (54), Jaques Kallis (62), Kumar Sangakkara (63) Ricky Ponting (71) and iconic Sachin Tendulkar (100), who is the only cricketer to get 100 international hundreds. (With PTI inputs)

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Author - Vikash Kumar