Rahul Tiwari
khelja|27-11-2024
The second match of the five-Test Border-Gavaskar Trophy between India and Australia will be played at the Adelaide Oval ground in Adelaide. This match to be played on 6th December will be day-night. That means, in this match, pink ball will be used instead of red ball. This match is going to be very special for the star batsman of the Indian team, Virat Kohli. In this match, he can make a big record in his name, a record which till now no wicket player has been able to make on the soil of Adelaide.
Virat Kohli can prove to be a big challenge for the host Australian team in the Adelaide Test match. Virat bats very well in Adelaide. Kohli's records on this field are quite scary. Virat has played 11 international matches so far at Adelaide Oval ground. During this period, he has scored 957 runs at an average of 73.61, which also includes 5 centuries. That means Virat likes playing in Adelaide very much, which is also proved by these figures.
Let us tell you, if Virat Kohli scores 43 runs in this day-night match, then he will complete 1000 international runs at Adelaide Oval ground. The special thing is that Virat will be the first foreign player to achieve this feat on the Adelaide Oval ground. That means, apart from Virat, no foreign player has scored so many runs on this ground of Australia. Apart from Kohli, Brian Lara had scored 940 runs on this ground. Whereas, if we talk about Test format, Virat Kohli has played 4 test matches against Australia in Adelaide. In this he has scored 509 runs at an average of 63.62. Which includes 3 centuries and one half-century.
A brilliant century was seen from the bat of Virat Kohli in the second innings of Perth Test. He scored 5 runs in the first innings of the Perth Test match. But in the second innings, he faced 143 balls and scored unbeaten 100 runs with the help of 8 fours and 2 sixes. Before this, he had scored a century against West Indies in Port of Spain 16 months ago. Since then he was struggling to score a century in Tests.