Virat Kohli Test centuries against Australia: Virat Kohli record vs Australia in Test cricket

Former India captain Virat Kohli will unequivocally be a force to reckon with for the Australia cricket team during the forthcoming Border-Gavaskar Trophy 2023. Although Kohli is yet to score a Test century in the last three years, the opposition wouldn’t want to commit a blunder of taking him lightly by any means.

Considering how Kohli has a formidable record against Australia not just as a batter but as an overall competitor, it wouldn’t be a surprise if he unleashes the beast inside him to score a 28th Test century in the upcoming four-match Test series.

Assuming that the same happens, Kohli’s form will be a shot in the arm for the Indian cricket team to probably aid them in winning their fourth consecutive Test series against Australia.

Virat Kohli record vs Australia in Test cricket (Updated)

It was in his third Test series that Kohli had first faced Australia in this format. Since then, Kohli has amassed 2,042 runs in 25 Tests against this opposition at an average of 47.48 including eight centuries and five half-centuries.

After a string of low scores during his first five Test innings against the Aussies, Kohli had scored a half-century in his sixth innings only to follow it with a century in his seventh innings against them. The only two series when Kohli didn’t score a century against Australia was Border-Gavaskar Trophy 2017 (home) and Border-Gavaskar Trophy 2020-21 (away).

All in all, it is worth mentioning that Kohli hasn’t done exceedingly well in the history of Border-Gavaskar Trophy at home. In 17 Test innings against Australia in India, Kohli’s 627 runs have come at an average of 39.18 with the help of two centuries and a half-century. On the contrary, Kohli’s 1,352 Test runs in Australia have come at an average of 54.08.

Virat Kohli Test centuries against Australia (Updated)

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Dixit Bhargav

Born and brought up in Pathankot, Dixit Bhargav is an engineering and sports management graduate who works as a Cricket Editor at The SportsRush. Having written more than 10,000 articles across more than five years at TSR, his first cricketing memory dates back to 2002 when former India captain Sourav Ganguly had waved his jersey at the historic Lord’s balcony. What followed for an 8-year-old was an instant adulation for both Ganguly and the sport. The optimist in him is waiting for the day when Punjab Kings will win their maiden Indian Premier League title. When not watching cricket, he is mostly found in a cinema hall watching a Punjabi movie.

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