Virat Kohli regained his form with a brilliant hundred (100) in the second innings of the first Test against Australia in Perth, which India won by 295 runs to take a 1-0 in the Border-Gavaskar Trophy.

This century marked Kohli’s 30th in Test cricket and his second consecutive at the Optus Stadium. With this knock, he also surpassed Sachin Tendulkar to become the Indian batter with most Test centuries on Australian soil, tallying seven.

It was an important knock for Kohli, who was struggling for runs leading up to the tour Down Under. The right-hander was troubled by the Bangladesh and New Zealand spinners in the recently held home Test season as he returned with scores of 6, 17, 47, 29*, 0, 70, 1, 17, 4 and 1.

Ahead of the pink-ball Test in Adelaide, former England captain Michael Vaughan has said that Virat Kohli’s return of form is not a good sign for the Australian team.

“That’s an ominous sign for Australia that he’s found form,” quoted Vaughan on the Club Prairie Fire Podcast.

Vaughan also analyzed Kohli’s century and explained the changes Indian stalwart made after getting out on 5 during India’s first innings.

“I mean, in the first innings, he came out of his crease and was trying to get close to the ball one bounce. I thought, well, that’s a bit dangerous at Perth. In the second innings, the pitch quietened down, he came in in a good position, but his movements are perfect for these wickets,” Vaughan stated.

“When the ball comes on, he’s got that lovely punch through the offside. He was keeping his balance to work on the onside and anything slightly short, you know, he was whipping onto that pulled shot, the hook shot.

“Against Nathan Lyon, he just had a very simple game plan, just work it on the onside with the spin. Played a couple of sweep shots, actually. You don’t see him sweep the ball too often,” he further remarked.

On the other hand, Australian legend Adam Gilchrist suggested that the double innings collapsed inside first four sessions of the Test match worked in favour of Virat Kohli.

Opting to bat, India’s first innings folded for 150 and Australia could only manage 104 runs in response.

“I think that the double innings collapse in the first innings of both teams worked in Virat’s favour,” said Gilchrist.

“He looked like he came out probably a little bit too, trying to be a bit too authoritative in the first innings, he was buzzing, he was all about it, his energy was right up the Richter scale. He got nipped out like a lot of them did, but I think that just had a chat with him after that next morning and he said, oh, yeah, so disappointed getting out. But then by the end of the day, you realise that’s not a big failure compared to a lot of things that happened in that day.

“So he obviously processes it pretty quick, had a beautiful platform when he came out in the second innings and just looked really in control and at ease. So, you know, and then I tell you what helped him too, he was 60-odd by the time the motion came from Jasprit Bumrah, but that was positive cricket. Like what you say, Vaughan, everything was all about going forward, taking that game forward by the Indians,” he added.

The second Test between India and Australia is slated to be held in Adelaide, which will be played with the pink ball from December 6.