Virat Kohli‘s century within the first Check of the Border Gavaskar Trophy (BGT) in Perth was his 10th worldwide hundred in Australia and took him previous Sachin Tendulkar for many tons by a visiting batter in a single nation. If Kohli scores one other century within the remaining 4 Exams of this BGT, it’s going to put him on a pedestal that’s occupied completely by Sir Don Bradman for 76 years.
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Bradman’s 11 centuries in opposition to England between 1930 and 1948 are probably the most scored by a visiting batter in a single nation. The legend did that within the 30 innings throughout 19 matches he performed on the English soil in his profession, averaging a staggering 102. 84 with a highest of 334. He additionally scored three half-centuries in England throughout that interval.
In the meantime, Kohli’s 10 worldwide centuries in Australia have come from 43 matches he has performed Down Below since 2011. Jack Hobbs (9 lots of in Australia) and Sachin Tendulkar (9 tons in Sri Lanka) collectively maintain the subsequent spot. Sunil Gavaskar’s 7 centuries within the West Indies put him on the fifth spot, behind Sir Vivian Richards, who scored eight centuries in England.
Virat Kohli’s worldwide lots of vs Australia in Australia
| Format | Matches | Innings | Not Out | Runs | Highest | Common | 100s | 50s |
| Exams | 14 | 27 | 1 | 1457 | 169 | 56.03 | 7 | 4 |
| ODIs | 18 | 18 | 1 | 802 | 117 | 47.17 | 3 | 4 |
| T20Is | 11 | 10 | 3 | 451 | 90* | 64.42 | 0 | 5 |
| Total | 43 | 55 | 5 | 2710 | 169 | 54.20 | 10 | 13 |
Kohli’s greatest knock amongst these 10 lots of in Australia got here within the Melbourne Check throughout India’s 2014-15 tour, when the batting maestro scored 169.
His tally of runs in Australia throughout codecs at present stands at 2710 in 43 matches, which supplies him a powerful common of 54.20.
The second Check of the continued BGT shall be a pink-ball match below the lights on the Adelaide Oval, starting December 6.
India lead the collection 1-Zero after their spectacular 295-run victory in Perth, which included centuries from Kohli (100 not out) and Yashasvi Jaiswal (161) within the second innings.
(Stats Courtesy: Rajesh Kumar)
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