India will be seen playing the first test against Bangladesh at MA Chidambaram Stadium
Indian cricket team’s star batsman and former captain Virat Kohli is going to be seen in action very soon. Let us tell you that 35-year-old Kohli can be seen playing in the upcoming two-match Test series against Bangladesh.
It is worth noting that the first match of the two-match Test series between the two teams will be played at MA Chidambaram Stadium in Chennai. This ground is known for its spin friendly pitches, in which Kohli has great mastery.
On this ground, Kohli has scored a total of 267 runs in 6 innings at an average of 44.50. So today in this article we are going to tell you about the top 3 innings played by Kohli on this ground. So let’s start:
3. 62 (149) vs England, 2021
Performing brilliantly on England’s 2021 tour of India, Team India won the Test series 3-1 despite losing the first match. So, after getting out on a duck in the first innings of the second Test match of this series, Kohli’s bat produced a brilliant innings of 62 runs in the second innings, in which he hit 7 fours.
Kohli had given India a memorable victory by sharing a 96-run partnership with local boy Ashwin. This comes at number three in the list of Kohli’s best innings played on this ground.
2.72 (104) vs England, 2021
Kohli batted brilliantly against England in the first Test match of England’s tour of India in 2021. However, Kohli could not do anything special in the first innings of the opening Test match and was dismissed after scoring 11 runs.
But then Kohli showed his class in the second innings and scored a brilliant 72 off 104 balls with the help of 9 fours. Kohli’s brilliant innings was interrupted by Ben Stokes, but by that time India had gone far ahead in the match and later won the match by 227 runs.
3. 107 (206) v Australia, 2013
Kohli has scored only one century at Chennai’s MA Chidambaram Stadium, and this was seen from Kohli’s bat in the year 2013. At that time, India had to bowl first after losing the toss in a high scoring match.
In reply to Australia’s 380 runs in the first innings, India scored a mammoth 572 runs in the first innings, in which Kohli played a brilliant innings of 107 runs with the help of 15 fours and 1 six. In this match, Kohli made a brilliant partnership of 91 runs with Sachin Tendulkar and 128 runs with Dhoni.