Virat Kohli's 81st Century Leaves Yashasvi Jaiswal In Awe

After the end of the Day 3 game of the Border-Gavaskar Trophy (BGT) at the Optus Stadium in Perth, star India batter praised Virat Kohli and said that he is incredible

Virat Kohli on the third day of the game scored his 81st century ending the drought after around 500 days

He finally made a roaring comeback against the Aussies in their own territory breaking many records and adding under him as a visiting batter

He scored an unbeaten 100 runs off 143 balls, smashing eight fours and two sixes with a strike rate of 69.93

Virat has scored 81st international century and continues his chase for Sachin Tendulkar’s record of 100 international centuries

It is his 30th Test century, now in 119 matches he has scored 9,145 runs at an average of 48.13 with 30 centuries and 31 fifties having a best score of 254*

Yashasvi Jaiswal at the press conference said that Kohli has been scoring runs in Perth for a very long time but he watched him live from the stands for the first time and that was very special

He also said that they all were waiting for this hundred of him and he played amazingly

“I’ve seen him score runs in Perth before. Today I saw him do that live from the other end. He has been doing this for a long time. He is just incredible. We were so happy about him, that he should finish it and then we can go out and field. I think that is what was going on, we were waiting for this hundred. And he played amazingly.”

This is Virat’s seventh Test century in Australia, the most by an Indian batter surpassing Sachin Tendulkar's record