NZ vs SA / Williamson scored his 30th century in Test, gave a big 'challenge' to Virat Kohli!

NZ vs SA: Why Kane Williamson is the number one batsman in Test, he has explained this very well in the first innings of the Test match against South Africa which started from 4th February. Kane, who looked calm on the surface, showed his class against the South African bowlers in such a way that he scored a century with the bat. He completed his century facing 241 balls in the match, which was his 30th century with his bat in Test cricket. With this century, Kane Williamson not only strengthened New Zealand's score board, but also created a big challenge for Virat Kohli.

The 30th century of Kane Williamson's Test career is the 5th century scored by his bat in 9 innings of the longest format of cricket. This is his fourth century in the last 5 Tests played at home. This is his fourth Test century scored against South Africa while it is his 17th Test century with the bat on New Zealand soil.

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'Challenge' given to Kohli to score his 30th Test century!

Kane Williamson has also raised a challenge for Virat Kohli by scoring his 30th Test century. In fact, among the Fab Four of modern cricket, Virat Kohli is now the only batsman who has not left behind Don Bradman's record of 29 centuries. Steve Smith has 32 centuries in Tests. Whereas Joe Root and Kane Williamson have scored 30-30 centuries. Whereas Virat is equal to Bradman with 29 centuries.

Williamson scored his 30th century in the 169th innings of the test.

Kane Williamson wrote the script of his 30th century in the 169th inning of the Test. He has not even played 100 tests yet and has reached 30 centuries. He scored his 30th century in the 97th Test. After this Test century against South Africa, Williamson's batting average in this format of cricket has become 55. Earlier, in 168 innings of 96 Tests played, he has scored 8263 runs at an average of 51.47.

Partnership with Rachin double century

Kane Williamson along with Rachin Ravindra have made a double century partnership for the third wicket. Like Kane, Rachin has also scored a century in the first innings of this test match, which is also the first century of his test career.