Virat Kohli is Just 8 Runs Away from Achieving the 1000 Runs Mark in Australia

Till now three Indian cricketers namely Sachin Tendulkar, VVS Laxman and Rahul Dravid has scored 1000 or more runs while playing in Australia as it has always been a hype to score overseas. It has been noted at times that players lack to perform well going foreign or in another Sub-Continent. But when it comes Virat Kohli Test matches score on Australian grounds, his record has been quite magnificent.

He scored 992 runs in just 8 matches, the India skipper has been a consistent performer for his team when playing in Australia and with the first Test match beginning on December 6 between the two teams, Kohli has a chance to add his name in the list to prove his worth. Australia has been one of Virat Kohli's favourite hunting grounds. The Indian skipper was also a part of the 2014 Indian squad that faced sheer losses in the series, but personally, it was a remarkable tour for Kohli. But this time arriving as the caption will add up to his responsibility to perform for his side. During the 2014-15 tour of Australia, Virat Kohli was the second highest top scoring batsman, only behind Steve Smith (769 runs) and ended the series by bagging 692 runs in 8 innings with the help of four hundreds and one fifty. Recently he bagged some runs under his belt in the one-off the practice Test against Cricket Australia XI in Sydney, before that Kohli showed up his talent in Windies series that saw him score 184 runs in 2 innings at an average of 92, so he will look to continue his form. That Virat Kohli needs just 13 runs to reach the mark of 2000 runs in Test matches as captain in home away Tests, which would be a record for an Indian skipper no player before has managed to reach this landmark before. Kohli, who turned 30 last month, is the world’s top-ranked batsman in both tests and one-day internationals, with over 1,000 runs in both formats in the calendar year. That recently, former Australian fast bowler Jason Gillespie and former Australian captain Ricky Ponting suggested ways to contain the Indian captain shows up that Kohli is already making the Australians think way before the start of the much-touted Test series. So stay tuned for the shattering old records as an outcome of this tour of India.

By: Anuja Arora

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