Virat Kohli's 100th Test: 5 dramatic moments of his red-ball career

India's superstar cricketer Virat Kohli plays his 100th Test on Friday, but not as captain following his shock resignation from one of world sport's top jobs in January.

Leading from the front as one of the modern game's best batters, India under Kohli became a force to be reckoned with outside the subcontinent but never won a multinational tournament.

The brash social media star and advertising hot property - married to a Bollywood actress - had his share of run-ins with umpires and opponents alike along the way.

Ahead of the match against Sri Lanka, AFP picks out five key moments from the 33-year-old's glittering but sometimes bumpy career.

Debut Down Under

Kohli stepped up as Test captain for the first time in place of an injured MS Dhoni in Adelaide in December 2014, and made an instant impact.

After scoring 115 in the first innings of the first Test, he led India's chase of 364 with an attacking 141 although India ultimately fell short by 48 runs.

But the new skipper was lauded for his courage to go for a win, not a draw.

"I told the guys last night that whatever target it was, we were going to chase it," he said.

'You said it'

His fiery personality was on show in a dramatic home Test series against Australia in 2017 when Kohli's opposite number Steve Smith looked up to his dressing room for advice on a DRS call.

Kohli was appalled, remonstrating with the umpires and afterwards accusing the visitors of routinely abusing the decision review system.

Asked by an Australian journalist if he was implying that Smith - who pleaded a "brain fade" - was a cheat, Kohli snapped back: "I didn't say it, you did."

All-conquering

Two years later Kohli led India to their first-ever Test series win in Australia after seven decades of trying - a