Centuries by Murali Vijay and Virat Kohli helped India take a 51-run lead at the end of day 3 of the fourth Test between India and England in Mumbai. The hosts were off to a disastrous start as they lost Cheteshwar Pujara in the second ball of the day.
Skipper Kohli joined Vijay in the crease and the duo looked positive right from the word go. It was a visual treat for the fans to watch these bat together. Vijay notched up his eighth Test ton before perishing for 136. India kept losing wickets at regular intervals as Karun Nair, Parthiv Patel, R Ashwin and Ravindra Jadeja fell cheaply.
Amidst this, Kohli held the fort at one end and reached his 15th Test ton. Jayant Yadav, who looked impressive in the last two Tests contributed with the bat and shared an unbeaten 87-run partnership for the eighth wicket.
India ended the day on 451-7 with Kohli and Jayant remain unbeaten on 147 and 30 respectively. For England, Adil Rashid, Moeen Ali and Joe Root picked two wickets each.
Let us take a look at some of the interesting numbers from the day’s play.
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8- Murali Vijay scored his eighth Test century today.
3- Murali Vijay became the third Indian opener after Sunil Gavaskar and Virender Sehwag to score a century at the Wankhede stadium.
116- The partnership between Murali Vijay and Virat Kohli, their second century partnership in Tests.
3- Virat Kohli becomes the third Indian captain after Sachin Tendulkar and Rahul Dravid to score 1000 Tests in a calendar year.
1112- Runs scored by Virat Kohli in 2016, the most by an Indian captain in a year in Tests.
14- Virat Kohli became the 14th Indian to score 4000 Test runs.
2494- Number of runs scored by Virat Kohli across all formats in 2016. He overtook Joe Root’s 2399 runs to become the leading runscorer in 2016 across all formats.
31- This is the 31st score of 50+ for Virat Kohli in 2016.
89- Number of innings taken by Virat Kohli to score 4000 Test runs, the sixth fastest by an Indian batsman.
15- Virat Kohli scored his 15th Test century. This is his third against England and first at Wankhede.
2- Virat Kohli became the second Indian skipper after Sunil Gavaskar to score 500 runs in a bilateral Test series.
8- Virat Kohli scored his eighth Test century as a captain. He overtook Sachin Tendulkar’s tally of 7 tons. Only Sunil Gavaskar (11) and Dilip Vengsarkar (9) have more centuries as a captain.
2000- Virat Kohli scored his 2000th Test run as a captain. He took 34 innings to reach the mark.
50- For the first time in his career, Virat Kohli averages 50 in Test cricket.
Murali Vijay is yet to get out before 125 after scoring a century.
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