Indian cricket team captain Virat Kohli is already regarded as one of the best batsman of his generation. Virat Kohli possesses a lot of caliber and class when we talk about his batting. He is the run machine of current Indian cricket team and a record breaking batsman.
Indian skipper Virat Kohli is swiftly moving ahead of the former and current cricket players in scoring runs. The current World No. 1 batsman in Test cricket has recently surpassed former Indian batsman VVS Laxman to score second-most runs against Australia across all formats.
Virat Kohli who remained unbeaten after scoring 47 runs on the 1st day of 3rd Test between India and Australia secured his name at the second spot in the list of most runs scored by Indians against Australia across all formats. The list has been topped by legendary Sachin Tendulkar by scoring 6706 runs from 110 matches. Virat Kohli who is at the 2nd spot now, has scored 3216 runs from 60 matches.
Most International runs scored by Indians against Australia across all formats:
Player |
Span |
Mat |
Inns |
NO |
Runs |
HS |
Ave |
100 |
50 |
| Sachin Tendulkar | 1991-2013 | 110 | 144 | 9 | 6707 | 241* | 49.68 | 20 | 31 |
| Virat Kohli | 2009-2018 | 60 | 71 | 10 | 3216* | 169 | 52.72 | 12 | 13 |
| VVS Laxman | 1998-2012 | 50 | 73 | 8 | 3173 | 281 | 48.81 | 10 | 14 |
| Rahul Dravid | 1996-2012 | 72 | 96 | 6 | 3071 | 233 | 34.12 | 2 | 21 |
| MS Dhoni | 2006-2017 | 82 | 87 | 19 | 2589 | 224 | 38.07 | 3 | 12 |
Although Virat Kohli has scored less than half of the runs scored by master blaster Sachin Tendulkar against Australia across all formats, the batting average of Virat Kohli is slightly above than Sachin’s. Virat Kohli is also the only player who is currently playing among the list of top 5 batsmen to score most runs against Australians.
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The in-form batsman Virat kohli has continued showing his form in the on-going India’s tour to Australia. He scored a half-century in the 1-1 T20I series tie with Australia, as the second T20 match was washed away by the rain after the Australian innings.
The 4 matches Test series is currently tied with 1-1 as India won the first match but failed to maintain their run in the Perth Test. Though Kohli scored a century in the second Test, India fell short and lost the game by 146 runs.
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