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IND vs SL | "I am not worried at all about milestones," says Virat Kohli

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Virat Kohli featured in his 100th Test match yesterday and fans were understandably expecting him to score his 71st International ton. However, the former Indian captain failed to end his two-year long century drought. After getting off to a very good start, Virat Kohli was looking very much settled for a hundred however, the left-arm spinner Lasith Embuldeniya bowled a peach of a delivery to knock Kohli's off stump over for 45. 


After the stumps of day 1 at Mohali, India stood in a commanding position at 357-6. 


The  33-year old said that he is still "performing consistently".He mentioned: "I am preparing exactly the way I have prepared all along. As long as I am batting well, I am not bothered at all. People look at milestones and talk about a lot of things which are just a conversation on the outside, I know for a fact that I have been involved in very important partnerships for the team in the recent past."


After Virat Kohli and Hanuma Vihari's departure, Rishabh Pant counter attacked the Sri Lankan bowling attack and scored 96 of just 97 balls and he was well supported by Ravindra Jadeja who scored a valuable 45 not out to end day-1  in India's favour. India are 357-6 at the stumps of day one.

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PAK vs AUS | 1st Test | Day 1: Imam-ul-Haq makes headlines as hosts unleash dominance with bat

Pakistan batter Imam-ul-Haq was on a roll against Australia on the first day of the first Test in Rawalpindi. The home side, after winning the toss elected to bat first, were off to a magnificent start as the openers Imam and Abdullah Shafique put up a partnership of 105 runs for the first wicket. But Australia finally got the breakthrough when Shafique played one in the air and was caught by Pat Cummins off Nathan Lyon for 44. Imam was then joined by Azhar Ali in the middle and the left-right batting duo dominated the Australian bowling unit thoroughly. While Imam brought up his maiden Test hundred, courtesy a drive through the covers on a length delivery from Mitchell Starc, Azhar also notched up a fifty during the course. The track in Rawalpindi seemed to have something on offer for the spinners in the early stage of the game but the openers negotiated that well and the top-order later frustrated the Australian bowlers. Only Lyon managed to scalp a wicket out of the eight bowlers who were put in the attack by the captain. Pakistan were 245/1 at stumps. The left-handed opener later expressed his joy after reaching the milestone. “I cannot explain how I feel now. Coming back into the Test side, I wanted to make it count. I have been practicing hard in the last two and a half years. Special mention to the camp we had in Karachi. I last played against Australia and then got injured against New Zealand. And then was the twelfth man for a long time. You need to keep working hard. You need to learn from your mistakes and never lose your belief,” he said. This is the first time in 24 years that Australia are touring Pakistan. The visitors would need to pick early wickets on Day 2 to get the side back on track.