Virat Kohli silenced his critics with a magnificent century on Day 3 of the first Test against Australia in Perth, surpassing Sachin Tendulkar's record for most Test hundreds by an Indian batter in Australia.

However, the right-handed batter made it count in the second innings. Right at the beginning of his innings, Kohli played a picture-perfect straight drive off the bowling of Australia captain Pat Cummins, and this indicated that the experienced campaigner is in his groove.

Virat Kohli has broken a massive record of Sachin Tendulkar Kohli now has the record for most Test hundreds by an Indian on Australian soil Kohli and Tendulkar were locked on 6 hundreds and Kohli got his 7th on Sunday Kohli got to the landmark in the opening Test in Perth against Australia Jack Hobbs holds the record for most hundreds by a visiting batter in Australia (9) Kohli has a chance to go past Hobbs as well given the form he has been in Kohli failed in the first innings,