Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma were back in action for the Indian team on Sunday, against South Africa in Ranchi at the JSCA stadium. Rohit opened the innings with Yashasvi Jaiswal, who started with a bang but was dimissed pretty quickly.

A is for ADAM Gilchrist, who smashed the fastest century in Ashes history with his 57-ball effort in the Third Test in Perth in 2006. After a four-ball first-innings duck, Australia’s keeper belted 12 fours and four sixes as the home side won by 206 runs.

Superstar batter Virat Kohli smashed a scintillating hundred in the first ODI between India and South Africa on Sunday, November 30, in Ranchi.

Abhishek Sharma slammed a brutal 52-ball 148 against Bengal in the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy 2025 in Hyderabad., Cricket, Times Now

Virat Kohli is just 64 runs away from becoming the first player to reach 10,000 runs in bilateral ODIs and could achieve the landmark in the South Africa series. He also has a chance to surpass Sachin Tendulkar for most centuries in a single format.

Virat Kohli has played 305 ODIs in his international career and has scored 14255 runs. The ex-India skipper has 51 ODI hundreds to his name and averages 57.71

847 - Balls bowled in the Perth Test - the third shortest in terms of balls bowled in Ashes contests and shortest ever on Australian soil. Both shorter Tests came in the 1888 Ashes series in England: 788 balls at Old Trafford and 792 at Lord's. The previous shortest Ashes Test in Australia lasted 911 balls, at the SCG in 1894/95.

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The opening Test of the 2025-26 Ashes series has already delivered drama, records, and a storm of early wickets, with Mitchell Starc and Zak Crawley unintentionally scripting one of the most unusual starts in Test cricket history.