File photo of Virat Kohli.© AFP
Star India batter Virat Kohli slammed his 30th Test century on Day 3 of the 1st Test against Australia in Perth. Kohli reached triple figures in 143 balls as India declared their second innings on 487/6, setting Australia a target of 534 runs to win. Kohli, who scored his first Test century after a gap of 16 months, surpassed Australia great Sir Donald Bradman in the list of players with most tons in the longest format. Kohli was tied with Bradman on 29 centuries prior to the Perth Test.
Sachin Tendulkar leads the all-time list, having retired in 2013 with 49 Test centuries to his name. Meanwhile, Kohli is the 4th Indian to hit 30 or more centuries.
Only Tendulkar, Rahul Dravid (36) and Sunil Gavaskar (34) scored more centuries than Kohli for India.
Meanwhile, Kohli was unbeaten on 100 when stand-in India captain Jasprit Bumrah declared the innings. Nitish Kumar Reddy was also unbeaten on 38 when the declaration came.
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