-Vinay Kumar
In the third and title match of the latest series being played against South Africa at the Newlands Stadium in Cape Town, Virat Kohli, the captain of the Indian Test team, batted 79 in India’s first innings. Excellent innings of runs. As soon as he completed 76 runs in this match, he registered a special record in his name. India’s prolific batsman and captain Virat Kohli became the first Indian captain to score 1000 international runs on South African soil. Not only this, he became the third visiting captain to score 1000 international runs in South Africa.
The history of international Test cricket testifies to the fact that former Australia captain Ricky Ponting has scored the most international runs as a visiting captain on South African soil. Ricky Ponting has scored 1966 international runs on South African soil as a visiting captain. After him comes the second New Zealand cricket team’s legendary batsman Stephen Fleming, who scored a total of 1154 international runs in his Test career in the grounds of South Africa.
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In the third and final match of the latest 3-match Test series against South Africa, India captain Virat Kohli scored 79 runs off 201 balls and Kagiso Rabada scored at Cape Town ground. The ball was caught out. Although India’s passionate and aggressive captain Virat Kohli missed out on scoring a century, but he won the hearts of millions of his fans with his batting.
In this innings, 12 brilliant fours and 1 brilliant six came off the bat of Virat Kohli. Let us remind you that in Test cricket, the last century with the bat of Virat Kohli came out in the series played against Bangladesh in 2019. After that he played a total of 26 innings, but luck did not support him and since then he has not been able to score a single century. However, captain Kohli definitely scored the 28th half-century of his Test career.