Virat Kohli on par with Sachin Tendulkar, just one step away from breaking the record
Virat Kohli on par with Sachin Tendulkar
Virat Kohli has shown that his form is back by scoring a brilliant century in the very first match of the Test series being played against Australia. Even though his bat did not yield runs in the first innings of the Perth Test, he scored an unbeaten 100 runs in the second innings and played an important role in helping his team win. Now the second match of the series is near. Kohli is currently busy preparing for this. Kohli has a chance to score another century in the next match and do something which has never happened in the history of Border Gavaskar Trophy.
Border Gavaskar Trophy is being played since 1996
Although the Test series between India and Australia has been being played for a long time, but in the year 1996, it was named Border Gavaskar Trophy. Since then, the series is being continued with the same name. If we talk about the batsmen who have scored the most centuries in the Border Gavaskar Trophy, Sachin Tendulkar’s name comes first. Sachin Tendulkar played 65 innings and scored 9 centuries in the Border Gavaskar Trophy. But now Virat Kohli has reached his level.
Virat Kohli reached the level of Sachin Tendulkar
Virat Kohli has so far played 44 innings and scored 9 centuries in the Border Gavaskar Trophy. Now as soon as Kohli scores another century, he will overtake Sachin. Besides, it is also expected that he will score 10 centuries in less innings than Sachin Tendulkar. Earlier, Kohli was at par with Ricky Ponting, but has overtaken him by scoring a century in the last match. Ricky Ponting played 51 innings and scored 8 centuries in the Border Gavaskar Trophy. Steve Smith is also included in this list, who has scored 8 centuries in 37 innings in the Border Gavaskar Trophy. He is also playing in this series this time. If he also scores a century, he will equal Ricky Ponting.
Kohli has scored a century for India in the day night test.
The good thing for Kohli is that this is a pink ball test. Kohli is the only batsman from the Indian team who has scored a century in the Pink Ball Test. Although it has been a while since this happened, but if Virat Kohli, who is back in form, scores another century, then it is not a big deal. The next match is very important for the Indian team, because India has to ease its path to the World Test Championship by winning this series.
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