New Zealand team is on tour of Sri Lanka. Where a test series is being organized between the two teams. Even though New Zealand seems to be in a weak position in this match, their star batsman Kane Williamson has made a big record in his name. Kane Williamson has defeated Virat Kohli in this match. Actually, for the last six years, there was a race between the two batsmen in terms of runs in Test cricket, Kane Williamson had not overtaken Virat Kohli even once in these six years, but this time Kane Williamson has gone ahead of him and This is a big blow for Virat Kohli.
Williamson came forward
Kane Williamson has completed 8881 runs in Test cricket. Whereas Indian team’s star batsman Virat Kohli has only 8871 runs in his name. In this match against Sri Lanka, Kane Williamson was out twice within a single day. As soon as the third day’s play against Sri Lanka started, Kane Williamson was out on the score of 7 runs at 10:25 am. After this, when Sri Lanka gave follow-on to his team with a lead of 514 runs, he was out after scoring 46 runs at 2:15 pm.
Kane vs Virat in test cricket
If we take a look at Kane Williamson’s Test record, he has batted at an average of 54.48 in 180 innings of 102 Test matches. Kane has also scored 32 centuries during this period. Kane Williamson’s top score in Test cricket is 251 runs. Whereas Virat Kohli has scored 8871 runs in 193 innings of 115 matches in Test cricket at an average of 48.74. During this period, Virat Kohli has scored 29 centuries. Kane Williamson’s record is quite good compared to Virat Kohli. Virat Kohli has been going through poor form in Test cricket for some time. However, in the Test match played against Bangladesh, Virat Kohli can again move ahead in the list.
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