Virat Kohli
IND vs AUS: Yashasvi Jaiswal once again showed his talent and played a brilliant innings of 161 runs in the Perth Test. Thanks to this brilliant innings, India increased their total lead to 405 runs by scoring 359 runs for five wickets in the second innings till tea on the third day of the first cricket test against Australia. Yashasvi Jaiswal, who will turn 23 in December, scored a century playing for the first time on Australian soil and during his innings, facing 297 balls, he scored 161 runs with the help of 15 fours and three sixes. Jaiswal made a record 201-run partnership with Lokesh Rahul (77) for the first wicket. At the time of tea break, Virat Kohli was playing for 40 runs while Washington Sundar was playing for 14 runs.
After tea, Virat Kohli also followed in the footsteps of Jaiswal and KL and completed a half-century. Kohli faced 94 balls and scored a half-century with the help of 3 fours and 1 six. Thus, Kohli’s half-century drought that had lasted for the last 5 innings ended in Perth. This year has been very bad for Kohli. In such a situation, this half-century has come as a relief for him and the Indian team. His previous half-century with the bat came in the first Test of the 3-match Test series against New Zealand in the Bengaluru Test last month.
Kohli achieved a special milestone
Virat Kohli scored the 74th half-century of his Test career in the second innings of the Perth Test match. In this way, Kohli equaled Sachin Tendulkar, who heads the list of Indian batsmen who have scored the most 50+ scores in SENA countries (South Africa, England, New Zealand and Australia).
Indian batsman who has scored the most 50+ scores in SENA countries
- 74 times – Virat Kohli*
- 74 times – Sachin Tendulkar
- 60 times – Rahul Dravid
Not only this, thanks to this half-century, Virat Kohli has not only equaled Sachin Tendulkar but also the great Pakistani cricketer Zaheer Abbas, known as Don Bradman of Asia. Kohli has become the second Asian batsman to score the highest score of 50+ in Australia. Virat Kohli now has eleven 50+ Test scores in Australia, equal to Zaheer Abbas.
Asian batsman who scored highest score of 50+ in Australia Test
- 13 – Sachin Tendulkar
- 11 – Virat Kohli*
- 11 – Zaheer Abbas
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