Stand-in skipper Virat Kohli survived a fearsome blow on the helmet from a Mitchell Johnson bouncer as he scored a defiant century to keep India in the first Test against Australia Thursday.
Kohli was heavily struck by the first ball he faced from Johnson, briefly setting nerves jangling following last month’s freak death of Australian batsman Phillip Hughes.
But he went on to register his third Test ton against Australia as India reached 369 for five at stumps on Day Three, trailing the hosts’ overnight first-innings declaration of 517 for seven.
Kohli was out for 115, three overs from stumps, when he hooked Johnson to Ryan Harris at fine-leg.
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