Virat Kohli joins the elite club of scoring 100th century in professional cricket.

Perth: Indian cricket legend Virat Kohli completed the milestone of 100 centuries in professional cricket.

He accomplished this feat by scoring a century in the Perth Test. Kohli is now the only active cricketer to reach this historic milestone and the 37th player overall.

Kohli played an unbeaten innings of 100 runs off 143 balls in the third innings of the Perth Test against Australia. It was his 100th century in professional cricket out of which 81 centuries were scored in international cricket.

Kohli’s record includes 37 first-class centuries, 54 List A centuries and 9 T20 centuries.

Kohli is the 37th player in the world to score 100 centuries in professional cricket. He is currently the only active cricketer with this achievement. The last player to score 100 centuries was Kumar Sangakkara of Sri Lanka in 2020.

England’s Jack Hobbs leads the way with 199 centuries. Pakistan’s Zaheer Abbas is the only Pakistani cricketer who has scored 127 centuries in professional cricket to achieve this feat.

Before Kohli, the only Indian to make the list was Sachin Tendulkar, who scored 142 professional centuries. It is worth noting that the first Test match between Australia and India is being played in Perth in which Australia needs 522 runs to win. Today is the third day of the match.