5 personal milestones that Virat Kohli could achieve during the West Indies series
There is little that Virat Kohli can do wrong at present, be it as a batsman or a skipper. He started the year 2016 with a bang with an emphatic performance in an ODI series against Australia. It only got better for Kohli the batsman as he excelled in India's famous T20I series win Down Under and followed it up with a great run in the Asia Cup.
The icing on the cake turned out to be his 'Player of the Tournament' award-winning act in the 2016 ICC World T20. In the IPL season that followed, Kohli raked in nearly 1000 runs and blasted a record 4 centuries while also leading his team, Royal Challengers Bangalore, to the final that they lost to Sunrisers Hyderabad.
Virat Kohli seems to have carried his limited-overs form to the longest format, too, as he blazed away to a century on Day 1 of the first India-West Indies Test. Considering the record-breaking form this year, we could look forward to Kohli achieving some individual landmarks during the ongoing series.
Here are 5 personal milestones Virat Kohli could surpass in the West Indies series:
1. First career double-century
Virat Kohli has made an incredible start to the 4-Test series between India and West Indies by scoring a century in the first Test at North Sound. The Indian skipper walked in to bat after the fall of Cheteshwar Pujara's wicket and the team score reading 74 for 2. He bailed India out of this tricky situation by stroking a fluent 143 off just 197 balls and leading them to 302 for 4 at the end of Day 1.
Kohli has looked completely at ease during his innings on a flat pitch and looks all set to score the 57 runs he requires to reach a double century. If he does get there, it will be the ace batsman's first ever in Test cricket. Virat Kohli's highest Test score so far in his career is the 169 he got against Australia at Melbourne in 2014.