Indian cricket team on Monday bowled out
for 202 in the first innings in the second Test at the Wanderers, Johannesburg after captain Virat
Kohli was ruled out of the game due to an upper back spasm. But former India
captain Sunil Gavaskar saw a silver lining in Kohli’s injury. 

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India went into the Johannesburg Test
leading 1-0 in the three-Test series, with a 113-run victory in the Centurion
Test. India now stand a chance to become the first Asian side to win a Test
series in SENA-  South Africa, England,
New Zealand and Australia – countries. India have previously played five Tests
at the Wanderers, and they had never lost a match at this venue. But this time
with India losing the momentum in the first innings, South Africa may turn
things around in their favour.

The second Test would have been Kohli’s
99th appearance in the format, subsequently making the final tie in Cape Town
his 100th.

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With Kohli missing the Johannesburg Test,
due to an upper back spasm, the 33-year-old is now expected to play his 100th
Test in India, at a venue that he knows like the back of his hand, the M
Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bengaluru.

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Gavaskar said that it would be a fantastic
experience for Kohli as he captained Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) for many
years. The legendry batter also hopes the crowd will be allowed during the Test
match because Kohli deserves a huge ovation for his record appearance in Test.

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“The next one is in Cape Town. The
100th Test match will be in Bangalore. And of course, him being the captain of
the Royal Challengers Bangalore for such a long time it will be a fantastic
experience. We have to see if crowd is allowed there, that is also important. I
hope it is allowed because he deserves a huge ovation from the crowd for his
100th Test,” he said while commentating on South Africa-India Test.

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India will next play Sri Lanka in a
two-match Test series at home. The series will start on February 25 in
Bengaluru and the second in Mohali starting March 5. Kohli will become the 11th
Indian player to feature in 100 Test matches joining the likes of Sachin
Tendulkar (200) and Dravid (163) among others.