Debutant Prithvi Shaw and Cheteshwar Pujara took India to dominant position on day 1 of ongoing first test against West Indies by adding 206 runs for 2nd wicket. The momentum was taken over by skipper Virat Kohli and his deputy Ajinkya Rahane by notching up a partnership of 105 runs. Virat proved why he is called a run machine as he went on to complete his 24th test ton.
In the process he surpassed some of the records achieved by greatest of the red-ball format.
1: Fewest innings to 24 Test 100s:
66 D Bradman
123 VIRAT KOHLI
125 S Tendulkar
128 S Gavaskar
132 M Hayden
2: Most Test 100s as captain:
25 Graeme Smith
19 R Ponting
17 VIRAT KOHLI
3: Least innings to score 3,000 Test runs in India:
53 – VIRAT KOHLI*
53 – Cheteshwar Pujara
55 – Sachin Tendulkar
56 – Mohammad Azharuddin
