Kolkata: The historic day-night Test match between India and Bangladesh at the Eden Gardens in Kolkata with Pink Ball is going on. In this historic match, Indian team captain Virat Kohli has scored a brilliant century. With this, Kohli has also become the first Indian player to score a century with a pink ball. Virat Kohli completed his century with the help of 12 fours in just 159 balls. Kohli has scored the 27th century of his Test career.
With this century, Kohli has also made many records. Virat Kohli has also beaten former Australia captain Ricky Ponting in the matter of scoring a century as a captain. This is Virat's 20th Test century as captain. Ricky Ponting had scored 19 Test centuries while captain. However, Kohli still lags behind former South African cricketer Graeme Smith in this list. Graeme Smith is on top with 109 centuries as captain in 109 Test matches.
At the same time, Virat Kohli has equalled Ricky Ponting in the case of scoring the most centuries as captain in international cricket. Virat Kohli has scored 41st century in international cricket as captain. Ricky Ponting also has 41 centuries in international cricket as captain.
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