NEW DELHI: Star Indian batter Virat Kohli on Saturday surpassed legendary West Indies Brian Lara to grow to be the second-highest run-scorer in opposition to Australia in worldwide cricket.
Kohli achieved the landmark on Day 3 of the fourth and remaining Test of Border-Gavaskar Trophy in Ahmedabad.
The maestro hit 59 not out to finish his half-century drought within the longest format. Kohli’s final fifty got here again in January 2022.
With the unbeaten half-century Kohli went previous Lara’s report of most runs in opposition to Australia.
Kohli, who loves taking part in in opposition to Australia now has 4,729 runs in 89 matches throughout codecs. The 34-year-old has scored these runs at a mean of fifty.84 and has 15 tons and 24 fifties to his title with the perfect particular person rating of 169.
Kohli achieved the landmark on Day 3 of the fourth and remaining Test of Border-Gavaskar Trophy in Ahmedabad.
The maestro hit 59 not out to finish his half-century drought within the longest format. Kohli’s final fifty got here again in January 2022.
With the unbeaten half-century Kohli went previous Lara’s report of most runs in opposition to Australia.
Kohli, who loves taking part in in opposition to Australia now has 4,729 runs in 89 matches throughout codecs. The 34-year-old has scored these runs at a mean of fifty.84 and has 15 tons and 24 fifties to his title with the perfect particular person rating of 169.
Lara, then again, scored 4,714 runs in 82 matches (Tests and ODIs) in opposition to Australia. He notched up 12 tons with the perfect rating of 277.
The main run-scorer in opposition to Australia is famous Sachin Tendulkar. In 110 matches and 144 innings, Tendulkar scored 6,707 runs at a mean of 49.68. With 20 tons and 31 fifties, Sachin had the perfect particular person rating of 241* in opposition to the Aussies.
Source: timesofindia.indiatimes.com