4 Greatest overseas Test innings played by Virat Kohli

#2 115 and 141 vs Australia, Adelaide 2014

Coming in after a disastrous series in England, Kohli scored twin centuries on his captaincy debut and made a statement

Coming in after a disastrous tour of England, Kohli was named the captain of the Indian team for the first Test vs Australia after regular skipper MS Dhoni was ruled out due to injury. It was a tough situation for a person whose Test career was at crossroads after failing for 10 innings in England.

However, Kohli put all the demons of England past him as he played two sensational knocks in his captaincy debut. In the first innings, Kohli scored a brilliant 115 and functioned as the fulcrum around whom the rest of the batting lineup revolved.

His cause was helped by Vijay, Pujara and Rahane, all who scored half-centuries. Kohli's ton took India closer to Australia's first innings total of 517.

It was his performance in India's second innings though which stands out as one of the greatest innings by an Indian captain in Australia. Chasing a formidable 364 for victory, Vijay provided India with the perfect start and was soon joined by Kohli after the cheap dismissals of Dhawan and Pujara.

In the ensuing overs, Kohli played what went down as one of the best counter-attacking innings by an Indian batsman down under.

Kohli took the attack to the Australian bowlers as he tried to unsettle them with his timely boundaries and played a strike rate of 80+. His cause was aided by Vijay at the other end who played the perfect folly with his patient 99.

After Vijay's dismissal though, the other batsmen fell like nine pins and it was once again left to Kohli's prerogative to save his team' cause. The need to finish off things quickly dawned upon Kohli soon as wickets were tumbling regularly at the other end.

Going in for an ambitious pull over square leg, Kohli perished for 141. India agonizingly fell short by 48 runs but Kohli's heroics ensured that Australia had to toil hard for a victory.