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Ibibhalwe emehlweni injabulo kuVirat Kohli njengoba i-India igweme ukuhlulwa emdlalweni wesine nowokugcina we-Test ibhekene ne-Australia.
Ngaphambi kokuthi umdlalo uphele, i-India izibekisele indawo kowamanqamu we-ICC World Test Championship (WTC) ngenxa yokunqoba kwe-New Zealand e-Sri Lanka.
Njengoba i-India ihamba phambili ngo 2-1, umdlalo we-Ahmedabad uqale ngendlela izivakashi ebezifuna ngayo. I-Australia ithole amaphuzu kuma-innings okuqala angu-480 njengoba u-Usman Khawaja (180) noCameron Green (114) bezibonisile ngosuku lokuvula.
Ngesikhathi i-India izoshaya i-bat, ibibukeka inokuzimisela kunakuqala kanti uKohli uyena obezimisele kakhulu kunabo bonke abadlali.
UKaputeni wangaphambilini ufinyelele kumaphuzu angu-28 e-test century, futhi okokuqala cishe eminyakeni emine uthole amaphuzu angu-186 kwangu-364 ukuze asize i-India ithole amaphuzu angu-571.
URavichandran Ashwin uthole iwikhethi yokuqala kuma-innings esibili ezivakashi ukwengeza u-6/91 wakhe wokuqala, uTravis Head (90) noMarnus Labuschagne (63) badlale ngokuzimisela kwi-crease ukugwema izinto ezingaphazamisa ohlangothini lwabo.
Bafinyelele ku-175/2 njengoba usuku lwesihlanu selufike esiphethweni futhi bobabili abadlali bamukele ukuqeda ngokulingana.
Ngenxa yokunqoba kwe-New Zealand ngamawikhethi amabili ihlula i-Sri Lanka, i-Australia ne-India iyazi ukuthi izindawo ezimbili eziphezulu ohlwini lwe-WTC ngeke zitholwe inoma imaphi amanye amaqembu.
La maqembu womabili azophonselana inselelo emdlalweni omkhulu wekhilikithi, uma sebebhekana ne-The Oval e-London kusukela mhla ziyisikhombisa kuya kumhlaka-11 kuNhlangulana.
Isithombe esingenhla: UVirat Kohli
Umthombo wesithombe: @iamvkohli