Virat Kohli ton gives India 51-run lead

Indian skipper Virat Kohli notched up his 15th Test century, even as India went past England’s first innings total and carved out a 51-run lead at Stumps on Day 3, at the Wankhede on Saturday.

Keeping steady as middle-order crumbled around him courtesy Joe Root’s golden arm, Kohli kicked up a 50-plus partnership for the eighth wicket with Jayant Yadav.

Earlier, Kohli reached his 15th test fifty by putting together a slow, but steady innings during the third day of the fourth test between India and England Mumbai’s Wankhede Stadium on Saturday.

Brief scores: India 451/7 (Kohli 147*, Vijay 136, Root 2/18) lead England 400 by 51 runs