Virat Kohli's 235 that decimated England at Wankhede in 2016 Test series: WATCH

BCCI has turned up heat on social media as India prepare to host England for first of a 4-Test series in Chennai starting on Friday, February 5. board has been constantly posting revisits and highlights of some of best kcks by Indians against visiting English sides through history, including Cheteshwar Pujara's 119 and Ravichandran Ashwin's 6/55 from India's highly successful 2016 home series against England. latest in this crop of videos is skipper Virat Kohli's blazing 235-run kck that brought England down on ir knees in Mumbai.

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Virat Kohli centuries to remember from India's series against England

Setting up scene for one of Virat Kohli's finest centuries, India were 2-0 up, playing England in 4th Test of a 5-Test series at home. Batting first, visitors h piled on 400 runs and reduced India to 2-146. In at . 4, captain Kohli and . 3 Murali Vijay took it upon mselves to give India a fighting chance at going 3-0 up and preventing an embarrassing defeat at home. Vijay's heroic 136 and a forgotten Jayant Yav century lie in wake of Kohli masterpiece world witnessed that day. 

Smashing from word go, skipper put up a massive 235 runs off 340 balls — an achievement me greater by fact that 106 of those runs came off boundaries. Trying to smash until end, Kohli was caught by James Anderson at deep extra cover, off of a Chris Woakes delivery. By time he left, Kohli h ensured that India would take series. With a total of 631 runs me, hosts didn't even have to bat a second time, cleaning up Brits for 195 to clinch series. 

This kck was a historic one for Kohli, taking him past 4000 Test runs, earning him Player of Match and making him first batsman in history to hold an aver of at least 50 in all three formats simultaneously. 

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Joe Root vs Kohli matchup ahe of India vs England 1st Test

Joe Root vs Kohli matchup is expected to be a defining feature of Ind vs Eng series, with both teams banking heavily on ir respective skippers for runs and motivation on field. While Kohli has a definite vant playing at home, he is significantly behind Root in terms of Test runs with 7,318 to Root's 8,249. two are orwise perfectly matched, sharing same high score, and almost identical avers and strike rates, which will make this tussle a very interesting one.

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Virat Kohli baby name and picture

Virat Kohli and Anushka Sharma shared news of birth of ir daughter via a social media post on Kohli's accounts on January 11, 2021. About three weeks later, on February 1, y released first picture of mselves with ir daughter, who y have named 'Vamika'. 

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