Virat Kohli smashed 100 off 143 in the first Test against Australia, it was his ninth century in Border Gavaskar Trophy.
New Delhi: India’s Border-Gavaskar Trophy campaign had gotten off to the best of starts, crushing Australia by eight wickets in the first Test at Perth, in which Virat Kohli once again proved indispensable, striking his 30th Test century in the second innings. Kohli will seek to continue this great form for India as the team approaches the second Test, which is a day-night encounter at the Adelaide Oval beginning December 6 (Friday). If he gets one in this game, it would be the history that he makes for himself.
Virat Kohli now stands with three Test centuries at the Adelaide Oval. If he scores another century in the second Test against Australia, it will be his fourth at this venue, making him the highest visiting batter with four centuries at the ground. This surpasses England legend Jack Hobbs.
If Virat Kohli scores a century in the second Test, he will achieve the distinction of being the first player to score 10 centuries in the Border-Gavaskar Trophy history. He will also surpass the great Sachin Tendulkar to become the player with the most centuries in this iconic series.
Here are the players with the most tons in the Border-Gavaskar Trophy:
Sachin Tendulkar-9
Virat Kohli-9
Steve Smith- 8
Ricky Ponting- 8
Michael Clarke- 7
Virat Kohli has scored 509 runs in Test cricket so far at the Adelaide Oval. If he scores 102 runs in the second Test, then he will make it 611 runs to break Brian Lara’s record for most runs by any visiting player at this great Australian venue in Test cricket. Further, Kohli still requires 44 runs more to surpass Sir Vivian Richards’ record of 552 runs at the Adelaide Oval.
Here are the visiting players with the most number of runs at the Adelaide Oval In Tests:
Brian Lara- 610
Sir Vivian Richards- 552
Virat Kohli- 509
Wally Hammond-482
Leonard Hutton- 456