IND vs ENG: Virat Kohli on verge of toppling Ricky Ponting from special list

Virat Kohli has been in good form with the bat, but the centuries have dried up for the Indian captain in the period starting from last year. He has looked in good touch but has not been able to convert his fifties into hundreds.

 He will be itching to get back to his ton-scoring form in the second Test against England, and he has an extra incentive to hit a triple-figure target as one more ton will see him surpass Ricky Ponting in terms of centuries as a captain of their sides.

 Both Kohli and Pontied are tied at 41 hundred as the captain of their sides, and another century will take him to the top of the table among captains with most hundreds.

Kohli has taken 188 international games to score 41 centuries as captain while Ponting has taken 324 games for the same number of tons. They are followed by Graeme Smith who has 33 tons from 286 games as the captain of the South Africa side.

Kohli will be looking to score big in the second Test as India are 1-0 down in the series and the one of the major cause of the defeat in the first Test was the failure of batsmen, including Kohli himself to score big runs in the first innings. Kohli looked in great touch in the second innings, and will be hoping to start off well in the second Test scheduled to start from February 13 in Chennai.