In the fourth Test against Australia, Virat Kohli ended the drought of 1205 days Test century drought and this has given him a huge jump on the Test batters rankings. With 705 rankings points, he has reached the 13th spot, a climb up in the table after long time. However, he is still lagging behind other Indian players, Rishabh Pant and Rohit Sharma, who are at 9th and 10th position respectively.
During the fourth, Kohli had played spectacularly and garnered 188 runs for the team. He helped India make more than 500 runs in a difficult situation, though, the match ended in a draw.
On the other hand, veteran bowler Ravichandran Ashwin regained the first position in the blower’s ranking after his 25 wickets at the average of 17.28 in Test series against Australia. He also bagged Player of the Series award for his performance that pushed India win the series by 2-1.
After the ton, Kohli revealed that the expectations had become tough for him. He said, “Honestly, I've let the complications grow on me a bit because of my shortcomings. The desperation to get to the three-figure mark is something that can grow on you as a batsman. I let that happen to me to a certain extent. But a flip side to it is, I'm not a guy who is happy with 40-45. I take a lot of pride in performing for the team.”
“Why am I not able to get that big score for the team? Because I took pride in the fact that when the team needed me, I stood up, scoring in difficult conditions. The fact that I wasn't able to do that, was bothering me. If I've to be brutally honest, it does become a little difficult as the moment you step out of the hotel room, right from the guy outside, to the guy in the lift, the bus driver everyone is saying 'we want a hundred,” he added.
