Indian Skipper Virat Kohli hat-trick in the Ongoing Test Series

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Indian skipper Virat Kohli and opener Murali Vijay made a 283-run in the first wicket in this innings but Murali Vijay dilapidation for 155-run(13-4s) as India ended the 1st day on 371/4 in opposition to Sri Lanka.Kohli (156 batting 16-4s), Who is on a record-breaking spree on the 3 match series opposition to Sri Lanka and also Kohli reached 5000 runs in the longest version of the game.

Kohli also became the first international captain to score a hat-trick of hundreds in a three-Test series against Sri Lanka(104 not out,213,156 not out current maa tch).Virat Kohli slams his 20th century in front of his home fans at The Kotla and having the 5th Double century on his career.The crowd has gone mad.Third consecutive century in this series. What a player.What a machine in the game.

The Lankan attack's plight could be gauged by the fact that they were hit for 38 boundaries in just one day.

Pacer L Gamage (1/68) would provide half-volleys on the off-stump keeping the cover area vacant and the skipper would gleefully be punched it through the region.

When the off-side fence was plugged, Gamage would bowl on the legs for him to tickle to fine leg boundary on the playing field.With his military medium pace, when he tried to bounce Kohli, the skipper rocked back and pulled him through mid-wicket.

Off-spinner Dilruwan Perera (1/97) was given a leg-side field waiting for that time he would bowl off-breaks on the attack. He bowled flat-out with no defense on the off-side in the ground and what did Kohli do? He simply used his malleable wrists to get a boundary through the cover region and then hit a late cut for good AD Measurement on the ground.

Chinaman Lakshan Sandakan (2/110) could not find his length as he was easily negotiated by Indian skipper and Vijay.Sandakan bowled a lot of deliveries outside the leg-stump and could rarely draw the batsman forward.

1-Kohli's career-fastest Test half-century came off 52 balls.

2-Kohli became the first international captain to hit three successive tons in a three-Test series.

3-Kohli also completed his individual 5000 runs in the longest version of the game

4-Kohli now has 11 international hundreds in a season - one less than Tendulkar's 12.