Kohli proud about 100 Test appearances

Former India captain Virat Kohli who played in his 100th Test match told reporters that he is proud about his achievement. Under Kohli’s leadership, India went onto become the top ranked team in world cricket while he was the number one ranked batsman for a considerable time.

“I have played three formats of the game and IPL for the last ten years. Obviously it’s a big challenge in itself, from memory if I can remember I have missed only a couple of Test matches through injury and one of them happened recently in South Africa. I am immensely proud of how I have handled myself and handled my physique and fitness levels to come this far, and obviously lot of discipline and lifestyle changes. If you don’t have discipline in life and you won’t be able to come this far and switching between formats and intensity of the formats and something that people don’t understand but as individual you understand what it takes to get to this point.”

Former captain and Head Coach Rahul Dravid handed Kohli a memento before start of play. The star batsman was joined by his wife and film star Anushka Sharma. “Rahul bhai actually asked me in the morning how are you feeling and I said I am feeling like I was making my debut. I had butterflies in my stomach. I didn’t realize the magnitude of the event till things got closer to today. It was a moment which was very, very special and I did feel very nervous walking out today.”