5 great come-from-behind wins for India this decade

#2 Bengaluru, 2012 v New Zealand

Kohli owned the match with a century and a half-century

It is never easy to stay in a match after conceding a big first innings score. That is what India did in 2012 in the second Test of the series against New Zealand.

The visitors scored a hefty 365 in just 90.1 overs, thanks to Ross Taylor’s 127-ball 113. In their first innings, India were under serious pressure at 27 for 2 and later at 80 for 4. But Kohli scored a magnificent century to first add 99 with Suresh Raina for the sixth wicket and then 122 with MS Dhoni for the seventh wicket. Despite that, India were all out for 353 to concede a lead of 12 runs to New Zealand.

In the second innings, New Zealand scored 248 setting India a target of 261, which India chased with great ease, scoring the runs in 63.2 overs and winning the Test by five wickets. Player of the Match Kohli scored an unbeaten half-century to guide the Indians home.