India skipper Virat Kohli said that the 141 he scored against Australia in 2014 remains his best Test hundred. He was leading the squad in the absence of the injured MS Dhoni and it came in a series that had India little success in.

During an award ceremony in Delhi, Kohli said, “I think from the transition point of view, the hundred in the second innings at the Adelaide Test where we almost won the match was something special to me. I will always remember that match.”

Team India was bundled out for 315 while chasing the total of 364 and lost the first Test by 48 runs. Virat said, “Instinctively from my heart, it came to me that I should speak to the team. I had a chat with the players at the team bus after fourth day’s play and Australia had not declared their innings. I told them whatever target they give us tomorrow, we will go for it.”

He further elaborated, “Nobody objected and then I told them to go to their rooms with the thought that we are going for the target tomorrow. We came out (on the fifth day) thinking that we can do it (win). I was convinced that we can win the match. Not crossing the line hurt us but what we did as a team has given us a lot of belief that we can compete with any team in the world and beat anyone anywhere. We carried forward that attitude and now we are here.”