Adelaide

Against Bangladesh, Kohli remained unbeaten on 64 off just 44 balls with eight fours and one six to take India to a challenging 184 for six.

It was a series that did not go well for India, losing 0-4, and for Kohli until the previous Test in Perth, when he came of age and showed signs of greatness by scoring 75 in the second innings and going on to do better in the first innings of the Adelaide Test, making 116 when everyone else had found the going tough. Not only is he the highest run getter so far, with 220 runs in four innings with only one not out for a mind-blowing average of 220. He is also the highest run accumulator in all T20 World Cups, 1,064 runs in 25 matches at 88.66, moving past Sri Lanka’s Mahela Jayawardene (1,016 at 39.07).And, Kohli is not finished yet. In the same year, Kohli scored a magnificent 107 against Pakistan in the 2015 ICC Cricket World Cup at this ground, guiding the team to a convincing victory. You only focus on what is in front of you, what you need to do, not think about what ground you are playing on, what the conditions are. Kohli’s presence in the middle encouraged KL Rahul to play his shots and get to his fifty. The Test revived Kohli’s Test career after a horrendous tour of England in which he aggregated only 134 runs in 10 innings. “As soon as I knew the World Cup was in Australia, I was grinning from ear to ear. The way he is batting, he can win you matches anyway.” It was at the Adelaide Oval that Kohli scored his first Test century on his first tour to this country 11 seasons ago. Against Bangladesh, Kohli remained unbeaten on 64 off just 44 balls with eight fours and one six to take India to a challenging 184 for six. Legendary India opener Sunil Gavaskar always did so well in Port of Spain, Trinidad, that he averaged 99.13 at that venue, scoring four hundreds and two fifties in five Tests.