NEW DELHI: Records are supposed to be damaged when Virat Kohli steps onto the sphere. Kohli won’t have batted in the course of the first day of the third Test towards Australia in Brisbane however he nonetheless managed to realize one other important milestone in his illustrious profession.
Kohli joined an unique membership by changing into solely the second participant to characteristic in 100 or extra worldwide matches towards Australia, a feat beforehand achieved by the legendary Sachin Tendulkar.
During his illustrious 24-12 months worldwide profession, Sachin performed 39 Tests and 71 ODIs towards Australia. In Tests, he amassed 3630 runs and claimed 11 wickets, whereas in ODIs, he scored 3077 runs and took 20 wickets.
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Kohli has had a powerful report towards Australia, taking part in 28 Tests, 49 ODIs, and 23 T20Is. He has scored 5326 runs in 117 innings, sustaining a mean of fifty.24, with 17 centuries and 27 half-centuries.
After Tendulkar and Kohli, former West Indies opener Desmond Haynes, legendary Indian skipper MS Dhoni, and West Indies icon Vivian Richards comply with, having performed 97, 91, and 88 matches towards Australia, respectively.
Talking in regards to the match, Australia completed the day on 28-0 with Usman Khawaja 19 not out and Nathan McSweeney on 4 after India captain Rohit Sharma received the toss and selected to subject.
Only 13.2 overs had been bowled in the course of the first session and there was no additional play attributable to persistent rain, a lot to the frustration of the massive crowd that had filed into the Gabba.
