Anushka Sharma shares heartfelt message after Virat Kohli smashes 76th hundred in 500th international match

Former India skipper, Virat Kohli scored his 29th Test hundred and 76th International hundred overall in his career against West Indies on the second day of the second Test match which was played at Queen’s Park Oval, Port of Spain, in Trinidad. He scored 121 runs off 206 balls which included 11 fours in his innings before getting run out. The 35-year-old was the highest scorer for Men in Blue as they were bundled out for 438 runs in the first innings.

With this century, he surpassed the legendary Australian batter, Don Bradman in terms of hundreds scored by an individual in the longest format of the game. Kohli resumed his innings on day two with a score of 87 runs. He built a partnership of 159 runs along with Ravindra Jadeja for the fifth wicket. Later on after Kohli’s century, his wife, Anushka Sharma posted a heartfelt message for the 34-year-old on her Instagram story.

Here’s Anushka Sharma’s story for Virat Kohli:

Anushka Sharma's Instagram story for King Kohli. pic.twitter.com/NTFyvuTaUK

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I want to contribute as much as possible: Virat Kohli

“I really enjoyed myself out there. I was in rhythm in which I wanted to be. I always looked at pressure as an opportunity to stand up for my team. I switch on myself in the contest and it gets the best out of me. I took my time, they were bowling in good areas when I walked in so I had to take my time. The outfield wasn’t quick and fluent as it should have been. (on scoring an away hundred after 5 years) These are things for others to talk. I have got 15 hundred away from home, that’s not a bad record. I have got more hundreds away than at home,” Kohli was quoted as saying at the end of Day 2’s play.

“The key is to do well to the best of my ability. We haven’t played 30 matches away from home and I have got a few fifty-plus scores. I want to contribute as much as possible. If I get 50 the feeling is I missed out on a 100, if I get 120 the feeling is I missed out on a double hundred. These stats and milestones mean nothing in 15 years’ time, what they will remember is if I left an impact or not. I am grateful to play 500 games for India. I never imagined. It’s all hard work,” the right-hand batter asserted.