#1 141 vs Australia, Adelaide, Dec 2014
With Mahendra Singh Dhoni sidelined due to injury, Kohli was asked to captain the team in the first Test at Adelaide in 2014. The pressure of captaincy didn't deter the young man from producing a monumental performance with the bat.
Kohli scored a fine century in the first innings but it was his aggressive knock of 141(175) while chasing a stiff target of 364 on the final day that caught everyone's attention. Eventually, India succumbed to Nathan Lyon's heroics with the ball, but not before Kohli had made a statement of intent.
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Edited by Musab Abid