Skipper Virat Kohli struck form with a gritty century as India ended the opening day’s play on a commanding 267 for three against New Zealand in the third and final Test in Indore on Saturday.
The hosts, who elected to bat first, rode on an unbeaten 167-run partnership between Kohli (103) and Ajinkya Rahane (79) to gain control of the innings after early losses.
Kohli recorded his 13th Test ton in 48 matches after a string of low scores in his last seven innings since his first Test double hundred against West Indies in July – ending a bad run… and Twitter went nuts – as is always the case with a Kohli ton.
Fewest innings taken to reach 6th Test 100 as captain for India
16 Sunil Gavaskar26 Virat Kohli32 Sachin Tendulkar35 M Azharuddin#IndvNZ— Mohandas Menon (@mohanstatsman) October 8, 2016