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Sri Lanka rattles as Virat Kohli Sets New Record of Most Tons In A Calendar Year as a Captain

Written by Abhishek Patil

Run-Machine Virat Kohli on Sunday brought up his 19th century as India is well set for a humongous first innings lead in the 2nd Test against Sri Lanka in Nagpur.

Kohli, who batted freely in the final session on Day 3, took the moment from the outset and played attacking cricket from the first session itself on Day 3.

On his way to demolish Sri Lanka bowlers in the best batting conditions if the match, The Indian skipper became the first captain to score 10 tons (across formats) in a calendar year.

Not only this, now Kohli also has the most centuries by an Indian skipper (12), moving ahead of the legendary Sunil Gavaskar. It was his second ton of the series and fourth overall against Sri Lanka.

The hosts were 404 for three at lunch in Nagpur after resuming the day on 312-2 in reply to Sri Lanka’s 205.

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