Kohli hits 1st away Test ton since 2018

VIRAT Kohli is on his regular leg-stump guard. Just as the pacer reaches the crease, his trigger movement kicks in; he moves to middle stump with both feet getting aligned in the stance. As the ball leaves the bowler’s hand, his front foot moves towards covers at the off-stump, he leans forward with his hands to face the ball on seventh stump.

- GOMESH S

This is not an unfamiliar sight. We have seen the former Indian captain do this through his career, creaming the ball through covers followed by an exuberant reaction from the batter himself. Every time he was successful at it, he was called a genius, a master. It is what made millions of fans, former players and media included, go gaga over his craft. The nonchalance of it. The ease with which he was doing it so often.