Virat Kohli‘s century in the first Test of the Border Gavaskar Trophy (BGT) in Perth was his 10th international hundred in Australia and took him past Sachin Tendulkar’s record for most tons by a visiting batter in one country. If Kohli scores another century in the remaining four Tests of this BGT, it will put him on a pedestal that is occupied exclusively by Sir Don Bradman for 76 years.
Bradman’s 11 centuries against England between 1930 and 1948 are the most scored by a visiting batter in one country. The legend did that in the 19 matches he played on the English soil in his career.
Kohli’s 10 international centuries in Australia have come from 43 matches he has played Down Under since 2011. Jack Hobbs (9 hundreds in Australia) and Sachin Tendulkar (9 tons in Sri Lanka) jointly hold the next spot. Sunil Gavaskar’s 7 centuries in the West Indies put him at the fifth spot currently, behind Vivian Richards, who scored 8 centuries in England.
Kohli’s best knock among those 10 hundreds in Australia came in the Melbourne Test during India’s 2014-15 tour, when the batting maestro scored 169.
His tally of runs in Australia across formats currently stands at 2710 in 43 matches, which gives him an impressive average of 54.20.
The second Test of the ongoing BGT will be a pink-ball match under the lights at the Adelaide Oval, beginning December 6.
India lead the series 1-0 after their impressive 295-run victory in Perth, which included centuries from Kohli (100 not out) and Yashasvi Jaiswal (161) in the second innings.
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