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The Test match against Sri Lanka is to be played from tomorrow at the PCA Stadium in Mohali.
Indian Test team captain Rohit Sharma has praised Virat Kohli a day before his 100th Test. Rohit Sharma said that where the Indian team stands today in Test cricket, it stands because of Virat Kohli. The credit for the team standing better in this format goes to Kohli. Rohit was recently made the captain of the Test team. He will make his Test captaincy debut in the match against Sri Lanka.
Sharma has claimed that his team is in better shape. He was speaking to the media in Mohali ahead of the match starting tomorrow. During this, Rohit said that from where Kohli left the captaincy, he has to take it forward with the right things and the right players. The team is moving in the right direction. India has yet to move ahead in the World Test Championship and now I will take it forward.
Rohit Sharma said that Virat has played the best cricket in his cricket career and now he is going to play his 100th Test. This 100th Test match of Kohli will be memorable for the entire team. A large number of spectators are coming to watch this special test match for Virat.
Rohit remembered Virat’s best innings
Rohit Sharma said that winning the Australia series 2-1 in 2018 under Kohli’s captaincy was a memorable moment for him. It was a great series. According to Kohli’s 27 Test centuries, the best century according to him was the century in South Africa in 2013. This century was scored in Johannesburg.
The pitch there was very challenging. There, bowlers like Dale Steyn, Morne Markle, Venom Philander and Jacques Kallis were in front of him. The track was quite bumpy. For the first time, Kohli was playing a Test match there. He scored a century in his first innings and scored 90 runs in the second innings.