Virat Kohli World record in Australia
Virat Kohli record: Indian legend Virat Kohli (Virat Kohli record in Australia) scored a brilliant century in the second innings of the Perth Test match against Australia. This is Kohli's 30th century in Test. This is Kohli's second century in Perth, Australia. During his century innings, Kohli made a special world record in his name. Virat Kohli has now become the batsman with the most centuries in the host country in all three formats combined. Kohli has scored a total of 12 centuries on Australian soil in all three formats.
Kohli has 7 centuries in Test and 5 centuries in ODI on Australian soil. That means Virat has scored a total of 12 centuries on Australian soil. Virat Kohli is the only foreign batsman in the world to score the most centuries in Australia.
At the same time, the great Don Bradman had scored a total of 11 centuries while playing international cricket in England. Sachin Tendulkar has done the feat of scoring 10 centuries while playing in Sri Lanka. Apart from this, John Barry Hobbs of England was successful in scoring 9 centuries in Australia. Apart from this, David Grover of England had succeeded in scoring 5 centuries in Test cricket and 4 centuries in ODI in Australia. That means David Gower has 9 centuries in his name in Australia.
Talking about the Perth Test match, the Indian team had declared the innings by scoring 487/6 runs in the second innings. India has given Australia a target of 534 runs. For India, Yashasvi Jaiswal played a historic inning of 161 runs, while Kohli played an unbeaten inning of 100 runs. This is Kohli's first century in Test after July 2023.
By scoring his 30th century in his Test career, Virat has surpassed Bradman's record of centuries. Sir Don Bradman had scored 29 centuries in Tests and now Kohli has registered 30 Test centuries in his name.
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