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Virat Kohli 100 Test match: 100 Test matches played for India full list of players

Gurpreet Singh
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Virat Kohli 100 Test match: 100 Test matches played for India full list of players

Virat Kohli 100 Test match: The former India skipper would play his 100th Test match for India against Sri Lanka in Mohali.

Post the end of the 3-match T20I series, team India would set their eyes on 24 World Test Championship (WTC) points when they play a two-match Test series against Sri Lanka, with the first Test to commence from March 4 at the Punjab Cricket Association IS Bindra Stadium in Mohali.

As far as the WTC points table (2021-23) is concerned, India are currently placed at the 5th spot with 53 points under their belt so far. With four wins, three losses, and a couple of Draws in the 9 overall Tests, the team’s overall percentage points stand at 49.07.

Sri Lanka, on the other hand, having played mere two Tests in the WTC cycle so far, sit right at the top with 24 points having won both the Tests against West Indies the previous year.

Virat Kohli 100 Test match

Having marked himself available for the the aforementioned Test series, former team India skipper will, in all likelihood play his 100th Test match for India at Mohali’s PCA stadium.

With this, Kohli would become only the 12th player to play 100 Tests or more for the Indian Cricket team.

The PCA, as per reports, will felicitate India’s most successful Test captain for his stellar service on the red-letter day.

“The PCA Apex Council has also decided to felicitate Virat. We will either do it at the start of the game or at the end depending on BCCI directive,” PCA treasurer RP Singla said on Sunday.

Unfortunately though, the Indian Cricket fans in Mohali would not be able to witness the star batter in action on his landmark Test, as the match would be played without any crowd presence, pertaining the COVID-19 restrictions and guidelines.

List of Indian players having played 100 Tests

Topping the list is the legendary Indian batter Sachin Tendulkar, who played a total of 200 Test matches for India from 1989-2013.

Amongst the active Indian players, only Ishant Sharma (105 Tests) has played more matches than Kohli in the longest format.

PlayerSpanMatches
Sachin Tendulkar1989-2013200
Rahul Dravid1996-2012163
VVS Laxman1996-2012134
Anil Kumble1990-2008132
Kapil Dev1978-1994131
Sunil Gavaskar1971-1987125
Dilip Vengsarkar1976-1992116
Sourav Ganguly1996-2008113
Ishant Sharma2007-2021105
Harbhajan Singh1998-2015103
Virender Sehwag2001-2013103

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Gurpreet Singh

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Gurpreet Singh is a Cricket writer at The Sportsrush. His platonic relationship with sports had always been there since childhood, but Cricket managed to strike a special, intimate nerve of his heart. Although his initial dream of playing the sport at the highest level couldn't come to fruition, Gurpreet did represent the state of Jharkhand at the under-14 level. However, almost like taking a pledge to never let the undying passion for Cricket fade away even a tad, he made sure to continue the love relationship by assigning the field of journalism as an indirect Cupid. He thus, first finished his bachelor's in journalism and then pursued the PG Diploma course in English journalism from the Indian Institute of Mass Communication (IIMC). Soon after and since 2019, he has been working at The Sportsrush. Apart from sports, he takes keen interest in politics, and in understanding women and gender-related issues.

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