At around 11.30 PM IST when many would have hit the sack, Virender Sehwag sent out a predictive tweet that said when India wakes up on Friday morning, captain Virat Kohli would have another century to his name. The blazing former opener had seen Indian skipper’s authoritative batting and knew well enough that Kohli would settle for nothing less than a Test hundred. Until he tells us, we will never know what goals Kohli sets for himself, but with the kind of form he is in and consistency being his hallmark, it was expected that the attractive middle-order would score big against the West Indies attack. Unbeaten on 143 off 197 balls at the end of first day’s play, Kohli has now entered the zone where he can get his maiden double hundred. If he reaches the milestone on Day Two of the Antigua Test, it will be a sweet reward for a man who made his Test debut in the Caribbean in 2011 but struggled. Kohli hates failures and it took him just one innings to wipe away those dismal figures (76 runs from five innings) from his first Test tour. Untroubled throughout the knock, the Indian captain who had spoken about batsmen taking up more responsibility when India play with five bowlers to force a result, walked the talk. Arriving in the middle soon after lunch when Cheteshwar Pujara got out to a loose shot after doing all the hard work, Kohli changed the momentum quickly. He was not hesitant to cut the very first ball he faced to point. In the next over, Kohli unleashed his trademark cover drive and picked up three runs off the only ball he faced. Realizing that the heavy grass near the ropes would cut down a few boundaries, Kohli and Dhawan ran hard as the static scoreboard gained speed. In little time, Kohli raised his fifty and began finding the boundaries with ease. It was not as if he was in the mood to score off every ball. He left many balls outside the off and switched to defence whenever he felt the need. He got to triple figures in 134 balls and became just the third Indian captain to register a century in West Indies. When Dhawan got out on the last ball before the tea break, Kohli joined forces with Rahane and the two ran hard. Rahane too perished with Bishoo’s innocuous delivery again proving to be the downfall. For the first time in his career R. Ashwin batted at No. 6 and provided excellent company to his captain in an unbeaten 66-run stand. It was just the first day of a long tour, but Kohli has started taking control over the Test, the series and the season ahead.