Virat Kohli
Virat Kohli Matches Against Australia: The third match of the Border-Gavaskar Trophy between India and Australia is being played at the historic Gabba ground in Brisbane. In this match, Team India captain Rohit Sharma has won the toss and decided to bowl first. There have been two changes in the playing eleven of the Indian team. Ravichandran Ashwin and Harshit Rana have been dropped from the playing eleven. Ravindra Jadeja and Akash Deep have entered there. On the other hand, superstar batsman Virat Kohli has scored a unique century as soon as he entered the field. Kohli has scored this century not with the bat but in terms of playing the match. This is his 100th match in international cricket against Australia.
Virat Kohli has become only the second Indian player to play 100 or more international matches against Australia. Before him, Sachin Tendulkar had played 110 matches for India against Australia in international cricket. After 91 matches, Mahendra Singh Dhoni is at number three.
Indian players who have played the most number of matches against Australia in international cricket:
- Sachin Tendulkar- 110 matches
- Virat Kohli- 100 matches
- Mahendra Singh Dhoni- 91 matches
- Rohit Sharma- 82 matches
- Ravindra Jadeja- 73 matches
Have scored more than 5000 runs against Australia
Virat Kohli is also at second place for India in terms of scoring the most runs in international cricket against Australia. He has scored 5326 runs so far, which includes 17 centuries. Sachin Tendulkar is at number one. He has scored 6707 runs in international cricket against Australia, which includes 20 centuries.
Currently the series is tied at 1-1
It is being played on Gaba ground. The third match is very important for both the teams India and Australia. Currently the five-Test series is tied at 1-1. Team India won the first match by 295 runs. After this, Australia made a comeback and won the second match by 10 wickets. Now whichever team wins the test match will get a 2-1 lead.
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