India are currently taking on Australia in a five-match series for the Border-Gavaskar Trophy. They began their series on a strong note when they defeated the home side comprehensively by a margin of 295 runs. Virat Kohli, who came into the series on the back of poor form, roared back into form as he slammed his 30th Test century. Now that Kohli is back in form, fans will hope he continues to score a heap of runs in the rest of the four matches of the series. In fact, Kohli is on the cusp of a massive world record if he manages to score a few more hundreds in the series.
Virat Kohli Three Centuries Away From Creating History
Virat Kohli's 30th Test century was his 7th ton in Australia in the longest format of the game. If he manages to score three more centuries in the series, he will become the first visiting batter in history to score 10 centuries in Ausralia, Engkand legend Jack Hobbs is the visiting batter with the most number of centuries Down Under with 9 tons.
Here are the visiting batters with the most number of centuries in Australia:
Jack Hobbs (England)- 9
Wally Hammond (England)- 7
Virat Kohli (India) – 7
Sachin Tendulkar (India)-6
Herbert Sutcliffe (England)- 6
Virat Kohli Needs 102 Runs To Create History At Adelaide
Brian Lara has scored 610 runs at the Adelaide Oval, as he is the visiting batter with the most number of Test runs at the iconic Australian venue.
Virat Kohli has scored 509 runs in the Adelaide Oval in history. If he scores 102 more runs in the second Test vs Australia, then he will have 611 runs in the venue and will break Brian Lara's massive record. He needs 44 more runs to cross the great Sir Vivian Richards' record of 552 runs at the venue.