Some interesting records associated with V Kohli’s century at Perth Stadium against Australia

Some interesting records associated with V Kohli’s century at Perth Stadium against Australia

V Kohli scored a century in the ongoing test against Australia at Perth Stadium. This knock represents his tenth century as captain on away soil. He becomes the second captain to score ten or more centuries on away soil after GC Smith ofSouth Africa. GC Smith has scored 25 centuries on away soil, while leadingSouth Africa.

V Kohli scored a century in the ongoing test against Australia at Perth Stadium. This knock represents his 18th century as captain.  He becomes third captain to score eighteen or more centuries after GC Smith of South Africa and RT Ponting of Australia. GCSmith has scored 25 centuries on away soil, while leading South Africa, while RT Ponting has  scored 19 centuries whileleading Australia.

V Kohli scored a century in the ongoing test against Australia at Perth Stadium. This knock represents his fourth century as captain against Australia. He becomes fourth captain to score four or more centuries against Australia. Others are – BC Lara{05}, DI Gower {04} and CH Lloyd {04}.

V Kohli with his fourth century in this test shares the record for most centuries by acaptain against Australia in Australia with CH Lloyd of West Indies.

V Kohli’s century in this game represents his 25th century of his test career as a batsman. He became the fourth Indian batsman to score 25 or morecenturies. Others are – SR Tendulkar {51}, R Dravid {36} and SM Gavaskar {34}

V Kohli’s century in this game represents his 25th century of his test careeras a batsman. He became the 21st batsman to score 25 or morecenturies in the annals of test cricket.

V Kohli’s century in this game represents his sixth century against Australia inAustralia. He now shares the Indian record for most centuries for most centuries against Australia in Australia with SR Tendulkar. SR Tendulkar has also scored six centuries against Australia in Australia.

V Kohli became the fifth batsman in the annals of test cricket to score six centuries against Australia in Australia. Others are – JB Hobbs {09}, WR Hammond {07}, H Sutcliffe {06} and SR Tendulkar {06}

V Kohli scored 123 in this test to provide the ninth occasion of a captain scoring “one-two-three” in a test innings.

All such occasions are tabulated below

No Player Runs Inns Team Opp Ground Start Date
1 WW Armstrong 123* 2 Aus Eng Melbourne 11 Feb 1921
2 GS Chappell 123 2 Aus Win Brisbane 28 Nov 1975
3 SM Gavaskar 123 1 Ind Aus Mumbai 03 Nov 1979
4 IVA Richards 123 3 Win Pak Port of Spain 14 Apr 1988
5 GA Gooch 123 3 Eng Ind Lord’s 26 Jul 1990
6 MA Taylor 123 3 Aus Pak Hobart 17 Nov 1995
7 M Jayawardene 123 4 Srl SAF Colombo (PSS) 04 Aug 2006
8 RT Ponting 123 1 Aus Ind Bengaluru 09 Oct 2008
9 V Kohli 123 2 Ind Aus Perth Stadium 14 Dec 2018

V Kohli scored 123 in this test to provide the second occasion of a captain scoring “one-two-three” in a test innings against Australia. Both such occasions are tabulated below

No Player Runs Inns Team Opp Ground Start Date
1 SM Gavaskar 123 1 Ind Aus Mumbai 03 Nov 1979
2 V Kohli 123 2 Ind Aus Perth Stadium 14 Dec 2018

V Kohliscored 123 in this test to provide the second occasion of an Indian captain scoring “one-two-three” in test innings. Both such occasions are tabulated below

No Player Runs Inns Team Opp Ground Start Date
1 SM Gavaskar 123 1 Ind Aus Mumbai 03 Nov 1979
2 V Kohli 123 2 Ind Aus Perth Stadium 14 Dec 2018

V Kohliscored 123 in this test to provide the second occasion of a captain scoring “one-two-three” in a test innings on away soil. Both such occasions are tabulated below

No Player Runs Inns Team Opp Ground Start Date
1 RT Ponting 123 1 Aus Ind Bengaluru 09 Oct 2008
2 V Kohli 123 2 Ind Aus Perth Stadium 14 Dec 2018

V Kohli’s 123 in this game provide the 57th occasion of a batsman scoring “one-two-three” in test innings. He also became the fifth Indian batsman to score “one-two-three” in test innings.

No Player Runs Inns Opp Ground Start Date
1 DG Phadkar 123 2 Aus Adelaide 23 Jan 1948
2 SM Gavaskar 123 1 Aus Mumbai 03 Nov 1979
3 K Srikkanth 123 2 Pak Chennai 03 Feb 1987
4 CA Pujara 123 1 Aus Adelaide 06 Dec 2018
5 V Kohli 123 2 Aus Perth Stadium 14 Dec 2018

He also became the fourth Indian batsman to score “one-two-three” in test innings against Australia.

No Player Runs Inns Opp Ground Start Date
1 DG Phadkar 123 2 Aus Adelaide 23 Jan 1948
2 SM Gavaskar 123 1 Aus Mumbai 03 Nov 1979
3 CA Pujara 123 1 Aus Adelaide 06 Dec 2018
4 V Kohli 123 2 Aus Perth Stadium 14 Dec 2018

V Kohli’s 123 in this game provide the 57th occasion of a batsman scoring “one-two-three” in a test innings. He also became the eleventh batsman to score “one-two-three”in a test innings against Australia.

No Player Runs Inns Team Opp Ground Start Date
1 JB Hobbs 123 4 Eng Aus Adelaide 14 Jan 1921
2 FE Woolley 123 4 Eng Aus Sydney 19 Dec 1924
3 FR Martin 123* 1 Win Aus Sydney 27 Feb 1931
4 DG Phadkar 123 2 Ind Aus Adelaide 23 Jan 1948
5 SM Gavaskar 123 1 Ind Aus Mumbai 03 Nov 1979
6 Wasim Akram 123 3 Pak Aus Adelaide 19 Jan 1990
7 DI Gower 123 2 Eng Aus Sydney 04 Jan 1991
8 GP Thorpe 123 2 Eng Aus Perth 03 Feb 1995
9 JP Duminy 123 1 SAF Aus Port Elizabeth 20 Feb 2014
10 CA Pujara 123 1 Ind Aus Adelaide 06 Dec 2018
11 V Kohli 123 2 Ind Aus Perth Stadium 14 Dec 2018
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