'Kohli had to grind it, his application was fantastic': Fielding coach Dilip

One of the fittest athletes in the world Virat Kohli curbed his flamboyance and displayed tremendous application and temperament on way to his 29th Test hundred during the second Test against West Indies said Indias fielding coach T DilipThe 34yearold Kohli on Friday ended his fiveyearlong drought for an overseas Test century as he hit a polished 121 in 206 balls in Indias commendable first innings score of 438 to equal Sir Don Bradmans record of 29 Test tonsHe had scored his last Test hundred outside India in 2018One good factor is it is his 500th match and it is a special occasion and he has continued his form from the last match If you look at his innings there was no flamboyant drive he had to grind it same as what he did in the first game Dilip said during the press conference after the second days playHis application was fantastic and at the same time temperament on this wicket there were times when the West Indies bowlers came good and he respected them Overall the way he paced the innings was fantasticTalking about Kohlis commitment to fitness Dilip said He walks the talk If he speaks about fitness he will be the first person to be thereHe has been consistently an attacking fielder on the field mainly credit to his discipline what he eats how he takes care of himselfIt has been 10 years he is still an attacking fielder so it rubs on to the youngsters when a person like him is running around and takes those catches and attacks the ball so wellWhile Kohli scored a century Jadeja hit 61 his 18th Test halfcentury as the duo stitched a 159run partnership after India was reduced to 182 for 4Also Read IND vs WI Test 2023 Centurion Virat Kohli charged up when faced with challengesJadeja has three hundreds and 18 fifties in 66 Tests while his spin colleague Ravichandran Ashwin has scored five Test tons and 13 halfcenturies in 93 matchesIf you look at Ashwin and Jadeja everyone knows about their bowling performance But of late especially Jadeja he has improved his batting tremendously that he is batting nearly at number six now it is a fantastic sign for India Dilip saidAshwin always has the temperament and application to score runs having these two together gives us the advantage in bowling of course but also get depth in batting which we needFast bowler Mukesh Kumar became Indias 308th Test cricketer when he was handed his debut in the second match which also marks the 100th Test between India and West IndiesIf you look back at his journey he deserves this Everybody looks at the IPL performance which he has recently done but he has been in the system with Ranji trophy for 34 seasons he is continuously bowling Dilip saidHe has gone through the system and first cricket and you can see from first over he is hitting the line and length which shows he has enough fourday game under the belt not only with Bengal but also India AWith agency inputs