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Border-Gavaskar Trophy: From 2011 To 2020, A Tale Of Two Virat Kohlis Against Australia



Over the years, Indian batting star Virat Kohli has made a name for himself by breaking top bowling raids around the world. Be it the pinnacle Lasith Malinga from Sri Lanka, the agile and fierce Dale Steyn from South Africa, the ageless wonder of England James Anderson or the Australian trio Pat Cummins, Josh Hazlewood and Mitchell Starc, many fortunes. The pitcher had succumbed to Kohli’s willow tree. In particular, Kohli has indulged Australians throughout her career. Redball cricketer, Australian pitcher and Virat are the trio that fans want to see united more often. In 20 Tests and 36 plays, Virat scored 1,682 runs against the mighty Australians with an average of 48.05. He scored seven tons and fifty against the Australians with a best score of 169.

Some of the best moments of Kohli’s career came against Australia in their own backyard. When greats like Sachin Tendulkar, VVS Laxman and Rahul Dravid proved helpless against pitchers like James Pattison, Peter Siddle, Nathan Lyon Starc and Ben Hilfenhaus and couldn’t really show off the game it made. They were applauded in Australia, a young 23-year-old boy from Delhi entered and became the only Indian player to surpass 300 runs on the 2011-12 Down Under tour, which saw ​India lost the Test series 4-0.

This also included a cheeky 116 hit against a similar bowling attack at Adelaide in the Third Test, an arena once where he stomped his spot. At the iconic venue, Kohli scored 509 runs in eight innings with an average of 63.62, carrying his name for three and a half centuries and a best score of 141. He also scored. goals in half a century in this series.

Kohli’s dominance over the Australians in their backyard also continued in the 2014-15 series. The series saw him win two brave draws for India. He also declared himself captain to be counted after MS Dhoni took a longer break from the competition following the Third Test. Kohli finished the streak with 692 runs in four games, eight innings averaging 86.50 and four tons a fifty, with a best score of 169. At the peak of power, heavyweights like Hazlewood , Mitchell Johnson, Mitchell Starc were forced into spectators as the cherry toured every nook and cranny of the stadium where the matches took place.

During BGT 2018-19 in Australia, Virat did not shoot much. But he did his best for a tough surface at Perth, where the entire Team India bowed to the Lyon crank, ‘GOAT’ as he was known to fans. He scored 123 in 257 balls. Although he was unable to prevent India’s defeat in 146 runs, his century will go down as one of his best. The final stats of the series were 282 runs for Virat over seven innings, with a ton of fifty and an average of 40.28.

All of this has led to the creation of a resume Down Under that Virat can be proud of. In 13 games, he scored 1,352 runs for an average of 54.08. In 25 innings, he scored six ton forty with a best score of 169.

But at home conditions, where hitters tended to be more dominant and used home advantage more freely, Australia was able to tame Kohli’s fierce attacks with sticks.

While some might argue that Kohli has only played two series of BGT at home and the sample size may be short, the difference between his numbers in Australia and India is staggering.

In his first BGT at home in 2012-13, Kohli played a supporting role, with opener Murali Vijay (430 runs) and middleweight hitter Cheteshwar Pujara (419 runs) taking up top two positions in the batting rankings. Kohli could only score 284 runs in four games, six innings for an average of 56.80. His 107 knockdown and 67 undefeated record mask his otherwise normal run with the stick in that series.

On Australia’s next trip to India in 2016-17, Kohli’s willow didn’t make a splash. He could only score 46 runs in five innings with an average of 9.20 and a best of just 15.

Overall, Kohli’s BGT in India is 330 runs in seven, eleven innings at an average of 33.00. He has only scored a fiftieth century against the Aussies at home in the longer format.

When the Australians make another visit to the Indian coast, they will certainly have an advantage over Kohli as he often confronts them in subcontinental conditions.

The Stars Test form of the 2020 decade will also be very encouraging for the Australians, and they will hit Kohli in the hardest place. As of 2020, Kohli has only done 917 Test runs in 23 games and 36 plays, and he’s only made it past 50 six times. Spin has become his weak point late in the game and the visitors will aim to fully utilize Lyon, Ashton Agar, Travis Head, etc against him. He has a GPA under 30 from 2020-22 in the longer format.

But with the revival of the white ball that Virat has since the 2022 Asian Cup after months of instability, he is not one to be eliminated so easily.

(Except for the title, this story has not been edited by NDTV staff and is published from an aggregated feed.)

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