Virat Kohli made his Test debut towards West Indies at Sabina Park on today. Ten years later, he’s main India within the World Test Championship ultimate towards New Zealand.
It was on June 20, 2011, when the present captain of India made his debut within the longest format of the sport, scoring 4 and 15 in his first match. Ten years later, he has scored 7,490 runs in 91 Tests, together with 27 centuries and a high rating of 254*.
Sourav Ganguly and Rahul Dravid additionally made their Test debuts in 1996 towards England at Lord’s on the identical day. Ganguly scored 131 runs in 301 balls with 20×4, changing into the tenth Indian participant to attain a century on Test debut. Dravid scored an excellent 95 off 267 balls with the assistance of 6×4.
These 3 captains have led India to Test sequence victories in Australia, Pakistan, England, West Indies, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, Zimbabwe.
Test Cap #206, Rahul Dravid (1996)
Test cap #207, Sourav Ganguly (1996)
Test cap #268, Virat Kohli (2011)#todayThree celebrities of Indian cricket made their Test debuts. pic.twitter.com/Uebd76ipPn— Wisden India (@WisdenIndia) June 20, 2021
15 years after Ganguly and Dravid’s debut, Kohli performed his first Test match, however his efficiency with the bat was not good, scoring 19 runs in the complete match. He may solely rating 4 runs within the first innings. Kohli got here to bat at quantity 5 and was despatched again to the pavilion by Fidel Edwards. In the second innings, Kohli scored 15 off 54 balls and was ultimately dismissed once more by Fidel Edwards.
Ultimately India received the match by 63 runs.
June 20 is a really big day for Indian cricket
1996: Ganguly and Dravid make Test debuts at Lord’s
2011: Kohli made his Test debut at Sabina Park
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Since his Test debut, Kohli has left an enormous mark on the sport and has gone on to turn into one of many biggest batsmen of worldwide cricket. He turned the primary batsman in Test historical past to attain a double century in 4 consecutive sequence. In truth, he completed the milestone because the captain of the Indian staff, taking part in the primary WTC ultimate towards New Zealand.
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With inputs from TheIndianEXPRESS
