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Kohli best in business: De Villiers compares him to Federer, Woods, Messi

Former South Africa captain and RCB teammate of Virat Kohli, AB de Villiers compared him to the greatest sportspersons around the world

IND vs WI 2nd Test: Watch how Kohli made Joshua Da Silva's mother's 'day'

India have the upper hand in the ongoing second and final Test against the West Indies at the Queen's Park Oval, thanks to Virat Kohli's knock of 121. Meanwhile, the 34-year-old Indian also impressed off the field when he met Caribbean wicketkeeper Joshua Da Silva's mother, with the Trinidadian revealing that the meeting made his mom's "day & year". In a video posted on social media by the BCCI, Da Silva said that his mother arrived at the venue to meet the Indian talisman rather than her son. "My mom told me two days before the Test match that she will come to see Virat Kohli, not me. That was kind of funny. It just so happened that he was on the bus. "So, I went and knocked on the window. He came out and met my mom, made her day, made her year probably," he said in the video, where it is shown that Kohli shares a smile with Da Silva's mother, while the latter is also seen hugging him and is visibly excited to meet him in person. As for the second Test, India batted well and ...

I get charged up in face of challenges: Kohli on hitting 29th Test ton

Star Indian batter Virat Kohli feels "charged up" when faced with an adverse situation and said it was extremely "satisfying" to get his 29th Test hundred during the ongoing second match against West Indies as he had to "do the hard yards". The 34-year-old Kohli on Friday equalled Sir Don Bradman's record of 29 Test centuries in India's commendable first innings score of 438, hitting a polished 121 in 206 balls. The hundred ended his five-year-long drought for an international Test century outside India. He scored his last ton in 2018. "I really enjoyed myself out there. I was in the rhythm, I wanted to be in. Started in challenging times. I switch on during these times. When I have something to overcome, I get charged up," Kohli said after the end of day 2. "I had to be patient as the outfield was slow. It was very satisfying as I had to do the hard yards." India were reduced to 182 for four when Kohli and Ravindra Jadeja joined hands, stitching a 159-run partnership to rescue th

Kohli hits a 100 in his 500th match: How did other players do in theirs?

Virat Kohli created history by becoming the first Indian to hit a century in his 500th appearance in an international match. Apart from him Dravid, Sachin and Dhoni played 500 matches for India

IND vs WI 2nd Test: Virat Kohli slams 29th hundred; equals Bradman's record

Virat Kohli has equalled great Don Bradman for Test centuries after he hit his 29th ton during the ongoing second Test against West Indies in Port of Spain

Virat Kohli joins the list of 'Elite Top 5', surpasses South Africa legend

Virat Kohli has joined the list of Elite Top 5 in international cricket, surpassing South Africa's Jacques Kallis. He has scored 25,548 runs in 559 innings at an average of 53.67 with 75 centuries

IND vs WI: Virat Kohli reminds me of Javed Miandad - Courtney Walsh

Walsh also talked about different cricketing batting legends he played with and put Kohli just behind Sachin Tendulkar among Indian greats.

IND vs WI 2nd Test highlights: Kohli, Jadeja take India to 288-4 on Day 1

Virat Kohli reached close to a memorable hundred in his 500th International game after the West Indies put up a much needed fight to limit India to 288 for four at stumps on day one of the second Test here on Thursday. The opening duo of Rohit Sharma (80 off 143) and Yashasvi Jaiswal (57 off 74) shared a brisk 139-run stand to provide another perfect launch pad before the West Indies struck four times in the afternoon session to put brakes on India's scoring rate. Kohli (87 batting off 161) and Ravindra Jadeja (36 batting off 84) played some exquisite strokes in the final session and ensured India collected 106 runs in 33.2 overs without losing a wicket. Overall, 84 overs were bowled on the opening day. Kohli, who got off the mark with a straight drive after consuming 20 dot balls, will go into day two just 14 runs shy of his first hundred in an overseas Test since December 2018. Majority of his six boundaries came on the off side including a picture perfect cover drive off a Kemar

Virat Kohli's 500th match: A look at major milestones of his journey

Virat Kohli will be the fifth Indian and 10th cricketer in the entire world to represent their country in 500 international matches

IND vs WI: 'Virat Kohli is real inspiration for so many players' - Dravid

India head coach Rahul Dravid hailed Virat Kohli as an inspiration for many cricketers due to his enormous achievements and work ethic, reflecting on the legacy of the superstar batter who is set for his landmark 500th international match here. Kohli will join Sachin Tendulkar, Dravid himself and MS Dhoni as the fourth Indian to play 500 international matches in the second and final Test against the West Indies, beginning at the Queen's Park Oval here on Thursday. "His (Kohli's) numbers and his stats speak for themselves, it's all there in the books. He is a real inspiration to so many players within this team without a doubt and to so many people, boys and girls back home in India," Dravid said on the eve of the Test. "It's a nice to see Virat's journey. When I first played, he was a youngster coming through. I was not really involved in the team as such. I watched him from the outside with a lot of admiration for what he has done and what he continues to achieve." Dravid said ...

IND vs WI: Kohli not far away from scoring his 29th Test ton - Rathour

The stalwart batter Virat Kohli looked at his best in the first Test of India's tour of the West Indies. He contributed 76 runs with his bat on a surface that was best suited for the spinners

IND vs WI 1st Test: India declare first innings at 421/5; Jaiswal hits 171

India declared their first innings at 421 for five against the West Indies on the third day of the opening Test here on Friday. The Indians have an overall lead of 271 runs. India resumed the day at 312 for two with overnight centurion Yashasvi Jaiswal and Virat Kohli in the middle. Debutant Jaiswal finally got out for 171 off 387 balls, while Kohli was dismissed for 76 runs. Ravindra Jadeja was looking solid on 37 off 82 balls when the declaration came. Brief scores: West Indies 1st Innings: 150 all out in 64.3 overs (Alick Athanaze 47; Ravichandran Ashwin 5/60, Ravindra Jadeja 3/26) India 1st Innings: 421/5 declared in 152.2 overs (Yashasvi Jaiswal 171, Rohit Sharma 103, Virat Kohli 76).

IND vs WI 1st Test records: Rohit's sixes tally, Kohli's runs, and more

Many records may get broken and created in the first Test between India and West Indies at Windsor Park in Roseau, Dominica. Here's a look at few of them

IND vs WI 1st Test: Dravid knew Virat Kohli was going to play for long time

Virat Kohli was only taking his first strides in Test cricket when India played here last in 2011, but Rahul Dravid, then a towering figure in the squad, knew he was a "special talent" set for a long and successful career. In a video shared by the BCCI ahead of the opening Test of the two-match series, both Dravid, now the team's head coach, and senior batter Kohli reminisced about the game that took place more than two decades ago. "When I came here in 2011, that was a very special occasion for this Island and for the ground here. To come back in a different capacity, to come here as a coach and bring a team here, Virat was the only one who was there when we came here in 2011," Dravid said. "I remember it was Virat's first Test series with the Indian team, he was this young kid who had done really well in One Day cricket and he was just finding his feet a little bit in Test cricket. "But you could see there was a special talent out there and you could see that he was going to be .

IND vs WI 1st Test: Kohli could emulate Tendulkar for this unique record

India vs West Indies Tests: Virat Kohli is close to emulating Sachin Tendulkar for yet another record, although this one is not related to runs or matches

WI vs IND 1st Test playing 11, live match time, live streaming in India

India handed debut caps to 21-year-old left-handed opener Yashasvi Jaiswal and wicket-keeper batter Ishan Kishan, who replaced KS Bharat in India's playing 11 from WTC final line-up against Australia

WI vs IND Tests: Virat Kohli reveals his favourite memory in the Caribbean

The 2011 tour to Caribbean Islands was Kohli's debut test series and that was the last time Dravid played a red-ball game in the Caribbean

WATCH: Rohit Sharma, Virat Kohli meet West Indian legend Sobers in Barbados

Members of the Indian cricket team, currently touring the West Indies, met the legendary Sir Garfield Sobers and shared pleasantries with one of the all-time greats of the sport here. The India team, led by Rohit Sharma, will play two Tests in Dominica and Port of Spain beginning July 12, following which the side will take on the Caribbean in three ODIs and five T20Is. The BCCI shared a video of the meeting with the former West Indies captain, captioning it, "In Barbados & in the company of greatness. Team India meets one of the greatest of the game -- Sir Garfield Sobers." Sobers, 86, arguably one of the finest all-rounders to have played the game, scored 8,032 runs in 93 Tests besides taking 235 wickets with his left-arm bowling. Among those to greet Sobers, who was accompanied by his wife, were Rohit, Virat Kohli, Shubman Gill, Ravichandran Ashwin and India head coach Rahul Dravid. Kohli was, in fact, awarded the Sir Garfield Sobers Award for 'male cricketer of the decade' in .

Pujara axed: Scapegoat for WTC failure or stepping stone of team transition

BCCI announced Test and ODI squads for India's West Indies tour on June 23, 2023. The Test squad did not feature Chetewshwar Pujara and Umesh Yadav from the team that played the WTC final

Virat Kohli joins India's richest celebs with net worth over Rs 1,000 crore

Indian cricketer Virat Kohli's net worth has topped the Rs 1,000 crore mark making him one of the richest Indian celebrities.