India vs Australia, 1st Test : Virat Kohli breaks record for most runs against Australia by an Indian captain

By Lokmat English Desk | Updated: December 17, 2020 20:07 IST2020-12-17T20:07:08+5:302020-12-17T20:07:08+5:30

During his innings of 74 on the opening day of the Adelaide Test against Australia, Virat Kohli broke a significant record. He became the Indian captain with the most Test runs (851) against Australia.

The 32-year-old broke the previous record of MAK Pataudi, who scored 829 runs in 10 Tests as captain against Australia, a mark that stood for 51 years.

As the Indian captain, Virat Kohli has scored four hundreds and two fifties against Australia, doing so at an impressive average of 50.05.

Under tough batting circumstances, Virat Kohli led the visitors from the front, scoring 74 runs off 180 balls. He hit only eight fours in his innings and was extremely watchful against both pace and spin.

However, Australia were gifted the wicket of Virat Kohli after a horrible mix-up between the Indian captain and vice-captain Ajinkya Rahane saw the former short of his crease.

The two players had featured in a steadying stand of 88 runs for the fourth wicket. However, just when Virat Kohli looked set for yet another Test hundred, he was run out:

Rahane called for a single after playing a checked drive towards mid-off but sent back Kohli after the latter was almost half-way down the track.

To exacerbate matters for India, Rahane, after scoring 42 off 92, was trapped plumb in front of the wicket by Mitchell Starc a few overs later. That left India in trouble at 196 for 5.

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